This entry in the dough series was inspired by the anniversary, June 5th 1989 video and pictures captured the moment an individual stepping in front of a phalanx of tanks in Tiananmen Square, China.

This occurred on the day after the state shutdown of the student led protests that had began on April 15th, 1989 in Beijing, China's Tiananmen Square. This would become one of the most indelible images the brutality that would be known ashe Tiananmen Square Massacre. I first saw this image years before coming to grasp it's significance in the socio- political environment of when it occurred. I have since learned more about the ideology of communism and the circumstances that the country of China was going through at the time.

That has increased my estimation of how fantastic a human being a human being moment this was. If you live in a time and place where this man would be lauded as a hero that is a preferential place and time to be than the one that led him to do what he did. He may not have been positively identified, but how action can identify positive things within the humans that see what he did and empathize somewhat to the plight.

I hope this dough can help keep the knowledge of what happened alive.

Images will be interspersed with excerpts from an article, "Who Was the Tank Man of Tiananmen Square?" from History.com.

As documented by film taken at the time, Tank Man – wearing a simple white shirt, dark pants and carrying two shopping bags – initially halted the tanks by displaying the palm of his right hand in what is universally recognized as the signal for “stop.”

Soon, two men—possibly government officials—forcibly removed Tank Man from his position and carried him off, after which the tanks proceeded on their way.

The tanks did indeed stop, and Tank Man was seen climbing up the front of the lead tank, and standing on it for several moments, during which time he spoke with a crew member. Though the tanks attempted to maneuver around Tank Man, he repeatedly moved to block their path.

In the aftermath of the incident, the protester received worldwide acclaim; however, his identity has still not been confirmed.