Spontaneously, they self-organize. Another carries out the hunger strike. A third manages logistics in the Square itself. Universities, businesses and even government offices in China allow their fax machines to send and receive. Foreign corporations, with operations in China, permit the use of their computers to send electronic mail messages.
International telephone calls in and out of China increase dramatically.
Reporters have traveled to China from all over the world to cover the Gorbachev visit. It is perhaps the largest political demonstration in human history. It is certainly the most high tech one. A Beijing University biology student, who heads the student delegation that is negotiating with the government, delivers a speech by bullhorn in the Square. A Canadian television crew broadcasts a live interview with him.