In defiance of martial law and the threat of a military crackdown, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of Peking in support of democracy while intellectuals, workers, and farmers from other cities joined the ranks of the protesters.
身受九七陰影的香港民眾冒著颱風大雨遊行，抗議中共鎮壓學生的舉動；上萬名中國人集聚在美國東西兩岸聲援民主運動。螢光幕上，一位中年女士操著京片子說：「以前我們都忍著，不參加這種活動，可是這次誰也忍不住了，中國要民主！」