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| - The Chengdu Protests started out as a memorial gathering to mourn Hu Yaobang's death in Tianfu Square and it took around five days before larger-scale protests broke out. While the Chengdu students were protesting in support of the students in Beijing, they were demanding different things than the Beijing students. According to Paul Goldin, who was an American student studying Chinese at Sichuan University and is now a Professor of Chinese thought at the University of Pennsylvania, the protests were “never a protest in favour of democracy.” Goldin believed that “it was a protest against corruption” and it was not until “very very late” that students began using words like “democracy” and “freedom.” On April 21 and 22, there were large marches and arrests, but it was not until May 15 that class boycotts and hunger strikes began. On May 16, there were around 30,000 students, faculty, and clerical workers gathered at Renmin Square. The crowd was there largely to support the students in Beijing but also to protest police tactics. On May 17 there was another demonstration, at 10 p.m that night and around 100 students announced they were going on a hunger strike. On May 18 at 4 p.m, “Provincial Vice-Party Secretary Gu Jinchi, Provincial Standing Committee member and Propaganda Department Director Xu Chuan, Provincial Standing Committee member and Chengdu Municipal Party Secretary Wu Xihai, Provincial Vice-Governor Pu Haiqing, Chengdu Mayor Xie Jinxiang and other leading comrades from the provincial and municipal party and government went to Chengdu’s South People’s Road Square” and visited the students who were hunger striking and petitioning. Gu Jinchi was supportive of the students and told them that he “fully [understood their] patriotic enthusiasm, fasting in support of some Beijing students’ hunger-strike action, opposing corruption, promoting democracy and the rule-of-law, and demanding a deepening of reforms. Party Center is attaching a great deal of importance to your actions.” However, he also wanted them to cease hunger striking and return to classes. The “leading comrades” did show concern for the health and safety of the students. On May 18, “hundreds of thousands of people from all walks of life” marched in support of the students who were on hunger strike. There were several workers groups at the march, the Chengdu Aeronautics Company, Chengdu Automotive Factory, Chengdu Telecommunications Bureau, Chengdu Car and Tractor Accessory Factory, the Number 701 Post and Telecommunications Factory, Chengdu Insurance Cabinet Factory, and the Municipal Lumber Company, and there were also groups of scholars in attendance as well. The march was also covered by a variety of news outlets stationed in Sichuan. The protests remained peaceful and after martial law was declared in Beijing, the protests in Chengdu started to dwindle. By then, only a handful of students were still having sit-ins and local residents were beginning to lose interest. (en)
- 成都抗议活动始於在天府广场舉行的紀念胡耀邦逝世的追悼活动，後來演變為大規模抗議活動。成都的学生聲援北京学生的同时，他们的訴求与北京学生有所不同。 在4月21日和22日，成都发生了大规模的游行，但直到5月15日，罷課和绝食抗议才开始。 5月16日，大约30,000名学生和教职员工聚集在天府广场聲援北京学生。5月17日晚上10点，又發生一次示威游行，约有100名学生宣布要绝食。5月18日下午4点，四川省委副书记顾金池，四川省委常委、省委宣传部長許川，四川省委常委、成都市委书记吴希海，四川省副省长蒲海清，成都市市长刁金祥等四川省和成都市黨政領導人來到天府广场。顾金池對學生表示他充分理解學生的爱国热情，以及為響應北京學生絕食而採取的絕食抗議行動，還有反对腐败、促进民主和法治、深化改革的一系列訴求。黨中央非常重视學生的訴求。但是，顾金池还是希望學生停止绝食并重返课堂。5月18日，数十万各行各业的人们游行，以聲援绝食的学生。遊行被派駐在四川的各家媒體報道。 北京宣布戒严后，成都的抗议活动开始减少。在那时只有少数学生仍在静坐示威，当地居民开始對抗議失去兴趣。 (zh)
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