The Hunger Strike Plan
Time: Saturday May 13, 1989
Place: Beijing, China
Details: Students began the hunger strike on 13 May, two days before the highly publicized state visit by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Knowing that the welcoming ceremony for Gorbachev was scheduled to be held on the Square, student leaders wanted to use the hunger strike there to force the government into meeting their demands. Moreover, the hunger strike gained widespread sympathy from the population at large and earned the student movement the moral high ground that it sought. By the afternoon of 13 May, some 300,000 were gathered at the Square.
Best-effort ordering. Some events may appear out of order since many are only known to the year, but they are usually around the same period.
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