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Date

10 May

11 May

Events in Peking

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- Thousands of students stage a bicycle

demonstration in Peking.

- HU Qili meets journalists.

12 May

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13 May

Events in Hong Kong

YUAN Mu and ZHAO Ziyang appeal to students to refrain

from further demonstrations.

Some 700 people from the education sector & various professional groups issue a statement in support of the students' movement.

- Sit-in and hunger-strike in

Tiananmen Square starts.

14 May

- LI Tieying, Minister of State

Education Commission, LI Ximing and Mayor CHEN Xitong visit the Square to visit hunger strikers.

Breakdown of talks between students and LI Tieying and YAN Mingfu, Head of the United Front Department.

A group of local students and teachers from the April 5 Action Group stage

a hunger strike at the Star Ferry pier.

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