June 4th represents the anniversary of the CCP’s massacre of democracy protesters on and around Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Thirty-four years after the 1989 mass killings, the world still does not know the identity of the man dubbed “Tank Man,” who stood in front of a column of tanks, then leaving the scene of the crime. Hopefully, the CCP will never know either, for his sake.
Considering how iconic the faceless picture of Tank Man has become, securing an exclusive interview would be quite a coup. However, it could be very dangerous for Tank Man, and perhaps also for the reporter who scores the scoop. Nevertheless, disgraced photojournalist Lee Berger needs to land that story to repair his tarnished reputation in Lucy Kirkwood’s four-part screenplay “Chimerica,” which she adapted from her own fictional stage play….