[FreeReign]

The were a few Chinese government officials sympathetic to the protestors at that time. Just enough anyway to make the government's reponse disorganized.

Would tank man have gotten away alive without General Secretary Zhao Ziyang.

[FreeReign]

The (should be)--> There

[RacerX1128]

I heard a rumor that the guy was just absent-mindedly crossing the street and all of a sudden he looks up and this tank is in front of him. he didn't know what to do so he just stood there.......NOT

[neutronsgalore]

"The were a few Chinese government officials sympathetic to the protestors at that time. Just enough anyway to make the government's reponse disorganized."

Or to allow the hard-liners to discover all of the sympathetic weak-links in the govt and military, so they could be eliminated. One of the things many people wondered about was why more reliable troops that were just as available weren't used until later. Finding out potentially "traitorous" govt officials and military personnel I'm sure held a higher priority than nabbing Tank Man.

[CDB]

And don't forget that the guy to Zhao's immediate LEFT (the guy in the dark "Mao suit" is none other than the PRC's current Premier, Wen Jiabao--one the the biggest political opportunists in modern history.