絕食
While the student protests were last for almost a month and the government seemed to ignore the students' requests, the morale of the students dropped. In order to increase morale, Wang Dan and Chai Ling suggested using a more radical way to urge the government and a hunger strike started. Their suggestions were not approved by the Beijing Students' Autonomous Federation because the federation thought that it would be a radical and danger decision. Even though the federation refused to carry out a hunger strike, Wang Dan and Chai Ling gave their suggestion publicly in the "Freedom Forum" (), a place inside Peking University where people can give speech and express views freely every night, to seek supports. Finally, Chai Ling's "Hunger strike letter" () brought a huge impact and gained mass support.