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He’d been a diplomat and his wife was working as a writer in China when they made the tough choice to leave after the 1989 Tienanmen Square massacre.

One Reddit user quipped, “I thought it would be nice to post this picture of “Tank Man” at Tienanmen Square before our new glorious overlords decide we cannot post it anymore.”

China learned the bitter lesson of the Cultural Revolution when the Red-Guards were let loose, and the near-disaster of Tienanmen Square crisis.

Fleets of buses carted delegates to the opening at the Great Hall of the People, a massive gray-columned building on Tienanmen Square that represents the political heart of China.

We know from Tienanmen Square that any protests except those approved by the government are dealt with harshly.