9 June:
threatens to crack down on protestors: "it is necessary to form a deterrent force against them so that when a rat runs across the street everyone cries 'kill it'."
Nanjing: student leaders broadcast BBC Chinese language news reports across campuses: Clashes between police and demonstrators.
Wuhan: hundreds of students and workers block Peking-Canton railway.
Charsha: students stage funereal march and go into factories to tell workers of the
massacres.
Shanghai: Student meetings in factories and shops and marches to tell the people of Shanghai what happened in Peking (Guardian 9.6.89).
Li Peng appears on television accompanied by Wang Zhen. First appearance since 19 May. Congratulates troops inside Great Hall of People.
Peking radio broadcasts public notices 9, 10 and ll calling for traffic order to be restored, for leaders of "illegal
organisations" to "immediately surrender" and for all citizens of Peking to report
"counter-revolutionary riders" using designated telephone numbers.
Reports of food shortages in Peking (Xinhua 8.6.89).
Chinese television show troops cleaning up the city.
Round up
Deng Xiaoping appears on television. of 'counter-revolutionaries' and student activists begins.
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