May 13, 1989 - Students from Beijing Medical College distribute liquid to hunger strikers occupying Tiananmen Square pic.twitter.com/s5sr5b93JX
2014-05-14 20:41:02May 13, 1989 - Zhao Ziyang: "These demands are basically in line with what the Party & govt advocate, so we cannot reject them out of hand"
2014-05-14 20:47:46May 13, 1989 - Deng Xiaoping: "It was obvious from the start that a tiny minority was stirring up the majority, fanning [their] emotions."
2014-05-14 20:48:56May 13, 1989 - Deng Xiaoping: "Dialogue is fine, but we have to solve the problem. We can't be led around by the nose."
2014-05-14 20:50:09May 13, 1989 - Deng Xiaoping "Tiananmen is the symbol of the People's Republic of China. The square has to be in order when Gorbachev comes"
2014-05-14 20:51:28May 13, 1989 - Deng: "The opposition is not just some students but a bunch of rebels...these people want to overthrow our Party and state."
2014-05-14 20:54:50May 13, 1989 - Zhao Ziyang: "The Party has to adapt...when you raise the banner of democracy & law, you win the hearts of the people."
2014-05-14 20:56:23May 14, 1989 - New York Times: "China Party Chief Appears to Gain in Power Struggle" by @NickKristof nytimes.com/1989/05/14/wor…
2014-05-14 20:57:47May 14, 1989 - New York Times: "China's Hero of Democracy: Gorbachev" by @WuDunn nytimes.com/1989/05/14/wor…
2014-05-14 20:59:14May 14, 1989 - Student hunger strikers occupying Tiananmen Square awake to new day pic.twitter.com/0RjQAWnO8v
2014-05-15 00:16:17May 14, 1989 - Beijing residents come out to Tiananmen Square to support student hunger strikers pic.twitter.com/Bqlf0onoTf
2014-05-15 00:18:55May 14, 1989 - Student hunger strikers distribute flyers in Tiananmen Square pic.twitter.com/TlPdqC7tPa
2014-05-15 00:20:34May 14, 1989 - Hunger striker displays petition in Beijing's Tiananmen Square pic.twitter.com/cQubAV5Mkk
2014-05-15 00:21:37May 14, 1989 - Crowds come out to support student hunger strikers in Tiananmen Square pic.twitter.com/oFGT1mLHn0
2014-05-15 00:22:59May 14, 1989 - Entire families turn out to show support for student hunger strikers in Tiananmen Square pic.twitter.com/g8oxu7MwkK
2014-05-15 00:24:49May 14, 1989 - Banners supporting the student hunger strikers in Tiananmen Square, aired on BBC pic.twitter.com/0OtVh7aFL6
2014-05-15 00:26:44May 14, 1989 - Police guarding Great Hall of the People, in Tiananmen Square pic.twitter.com/6zgnfE39zU
2014-05-15 00:28:58May 14, 1989 - Party officials agree to meet with student hunger strike leaders for last-ditch dialogue pic.twitter.com/yYQ3nCQV1A
2014-05-15 00:43:09May 14, 1989 - Students agreed to dialogue on condition meeting would be recorded and broadcast unedited on CCTV pic.twitter.com/H6wsQD9jIZ
2014-05-15 00:46:00May 14, 1989 - Students played recording of Chai Ling's May 12 speech, bringing even the govt negotiators to tears pic.twitter.com/i4Be9qxQ3C
2014-05-15 00:48:21May 14, 1989 - Students storm out of negotiations when there is no sign it will be broadcast on TV, as promised pic.twitter.com/mVdeW3Nwqq
2014-05-15 00:50:04May 14, 1989 - 5pm, student hunger strikers hold rally in Tiananmen Square, while negotiations take place. pic.twitter.com/pKFSpGID05
2014-05-15 00:55:58May 14, 1989 - Leading intellectuals are brought out to appeal to students to leave Tiananmen Square. They refuse. pic.twitter.com/z6jk3HKV0t
2014-05-15 00:58:43May 14, 1989 - One intellectual: "If the hunger strikers don’t leave the square, at midnight the troops are coming to clear them out."
2014-05-15 00:59:59May 14, 1989 - Students continue to occupy Tiananmen Square, despite Gorbachev's scheduled arrival the next day pic.twitter.com/JURTwqfJnH
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