Date
Chronology of Major Events in China and Hong_Kong (15 April 1989 5 July 1989)
Events in Peking
15 April
Death of HU Yaobang, former general secretary of CCP.
Sparks off small-scale students' mourning marches (10,000 participants).
18 April
- Peking students put forward seven- point demand to Premier LI Peng.
Events in Hong Kong
20 April
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Small but violent confrontation between Police, students and on- lookers at the entrance to Zhongnanhai.
A woman killed in a traffic
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accident initially thought to have been the result of Police action.
- A Hong Kong reporter allegedly beaten up by Chinese security personnel in Peking.
Deputy Director of the HK & Macau Affairs Office, LI Hou, says that HK people are free to support mainland students in commemorating the death of HU Yaobang, but not in opposing the Chinese Government.
21 April
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A delegation of the HK Federation
of Students (HKFS) leaves HK for Peking to study the student movement.
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