{"id":212550,"date":"2019-05-13T00:01:45","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T07:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=212550"},"modified":"2021-09-14T17:23:40","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T00:23:40","slug":"30-years-ago-students-declare-hunger-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2019\/05\/30-years-ago-students-declare-hunger-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"30 Years Ago: Students Declare Hunger Strike"},"content":{"rendered":"

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the nationwide, student-led democracy movement in China, and the subsequent June 4th military crackdown in Beijing. To commemorate the student movement, CDT is posting a series of original news articles from 1989, beginning with the death of Hu Yaobang on April 15 and continuing through the tumultuous spring.<\/em><\/p>\n

Watch ABC News footage from May 13, 1989:
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