Chai Ling
Intent on increasing support for the movement, Defend Tiananmen Square Headquarters established communication channels with media inside and outside of Beijing. Given the scale and context of the protests, foreign media was plentiful, allowing a series of press conferences to act as a main communication channel, examples of which can be found throughout the duration of the protest. May 27 saw Wang Dan, Wu'er Kaixi, and Chai Ling hold a conference announcing their intention to order a withdrawal from the square on May 30. Concluding the conference, Wang Dan listed ten points which aimed to publicize the protest as a peaceful and patriotic push for Chinese democracy. This conference successfully found an international audience with such news outlets as "The New York Times" and "The Washington Post" reporting on it. June 3 saw Chai Ling, Li Lu, and Feng Congde hold another conference criticizing the CCP for using violence against non-violent students. However, this conference appears to have been overshadowed by the crackdown that immediately followed. Notably, Chai Ling attempted to use an interview with American Journalist Philip Cunningham as a tool to broadcast the protest's purpose should she be killed or captured by Chinese authorities. This plan fell apart, however, when the interview was featured in the documentary "The Gate of Heavenly Peace" without Chai Ling's knowledge. Chai Ling criticizes the documentary for intentionally misrepresenting her as wanting to bring bloodshed upon her fellow students.