April 27 The editorial sets off more demonstrations in other cities. In Tiananmen Square the ranks of protestors now include a cross-section of society. April 29—May 3 Party leaders are aware of the growing foreign press coverage of the demonstrations, but remain split over how to stop the protests and get the students to return to classes. Li Peng and his allies argue that social stability must be restored before any reforms can be considered. They pledge to return to classes the next day but intend to keep pressing for reforms.
This angers senior Party members. May 5—12 Many students return to classes, and the movement is in flux and lacks clear leadership. Certain factions plan more demonstrations and a hunger strike. Deng Xiaoping wants to settle things peacefully, but insists the students must be out of the square before Gorbachev arrives.
Zhao, unable to convince the students to call off the demonstrations, begins to lose favor with the senior Party members. Compatriots, fellow countrymen who cherish morality, please hear our voices! Their hunger strike draws broad public support; many important intellectuals pledge their help.
May 15 Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Beijing for the first Sino-Soviet summit since , but the hunger strike forces the government to cancel plans to welcome him in Tiananmen Square. His escort is blocked by protestors on nearly every street in Beijing. May 16 More than 3, people are now participating in the hunger strike. May 18 Zhao Ziyang visits hospitalized hunger strikers and tries to convince them to call off their fast.
Afterward, he is reported to have drafted a letter of resignation to the Politburo, but it is never sent. Li Peng holds a televised meeting with student leaders in the Great Hall of the People. It ends without any progress. That evening a meeting of Party elders and Politburo members, including Deng Xiaoping and Li Peng, approves the declaration of martial law. Zhao Ziyang does not attend. May 19 Student leaders learn of the plan to declare martial law and call off their hunger strike.
Instead, they stage a mass sit-in in Tiananmen Square that draws about 1. The Chinese government has rarely acknowledged the events; when it does, it is only to defend its actions.
A Hong Kong museum devoted to the massacre has been repeatedly closed and sabotaged ; many of its Chinese visitors arrive knowing nothing about the protests. The pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square presented a brief window of hope that China might embrace a more democratic system. Now, 31 years after the protests and massacre, China has banned a commemoration vigil in Hong Kong that has taken place since the s.
Although the official reason for the ban was to quell the further spread of COVID, pro-democracy activists see it as another attempt to quash peaceful protest as China tightens its grip on Hong Kong. Thousands attended the vigil anyway, as the BBC reports. Three decades after Tiananmen Square, commemorating what happened there has become its own form of protest. All rights reserved. Share Tweet Email.
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