Date
Events in Peking
22 April
100,000
HU's Funeral ceremony. congregate in Tiananmen square.
- Serious outbreak of rioting in
provincial cities of Xian and Changsha.
23 April
25 April
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Events in Hong Kong
- 20 members of the April 5 Action Group
stage a protest outside NCNA in support of the Peking students.
HKFS issues a statement in support of the students' movement in China.
26 April
- People's Daily editorial - a tough
line on the students' movement.
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Sacking of Qin Benli, editor of the Shanghai-based World Economic
Herald.
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HKFS delegation returns to HK from Peking. Chinese University Students' Union issues a statement to condemn the People's Daily editorial.