Taiwan English News
Date: June 1, 2019 
By: Phillip Charlier

On the eve of the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, the Trade Office of Taiwan in Munich issued an appeal to like-minded nations to support Taiwan’s liberal and democratic society, in the face of threats from it’s belligerent neighbor, the People’s Republic of China.

One of four Taiwanese representative offices in Germany, the Munich office published a picture on their Facebook page of pandas driving tanks facing a Formosan black bear bearing two cases, one labeled “democracy,” and the other “peace.”

The Formosan bear bears a resemblance to “Tank Man,” an unknown rebel who became an iconic image after he stepped in front of, and temporarily stopped, tanks heading towards protesters gathered in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, June 4, 1989.

The unknown rebel was eventually dragged away by two men, and his identity and fate has never been confirmed.    [FULL  STORY]