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1989: Man stops Chinese tank during Tiananmen Square protests

A CBS News team covering the 1989 protests in Beijing recorded a man stopping a Chinese tank in Tiananmen Square. This image would become one of the most iconic of all time. Here is Richard Roth's original report for the "CBS Evening News" from that night.
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