Dear Chau
Actually you might take a look at the list of citations below for the Wiki article :_)). Am I really plastered in shit :_)) Locke
Yes you are...plastered in shit that is.
In case you don't know, Wiki is a joke in academia. Just check with any academics. Anyone can write any crap in there and put up some rubbish reference. Put Wiki as your source in the world of academia and you will be deemed to be a nitwit or a retard.
If you want to, you can even put up the rubbish you have spouted here about hunger strikes and I can even add into your Wikipage that you've won a Nobel Peace Prize for your rubbish and it will remain in Wiki so long as you have the energy to contantly edit the rubbish that is in it. Needless to say, some nitwit or dimwit will then come along and, just like you, will quote the Wiki page as though it is a highly regarded source.
BTW, there were already thousands in Tiananmen in May 1989 and in other cities in China who were on hunger strikes before the four, Liu Xiaobo, Zhou Duo, Hou Dejian, Gao Xin started a new one at the Heroes Monument in June 1989. I referred to this four hunger strikers for the simple reason that they had specified a period of three days for their hunger strike. As a matter of fact, one of them, Hou Dejian's commitment was for two and not three days as he had a recording commitment in Hongkong. (
Source: Massacre in Beijing 2008 In Modern China p 621 New York Harper Collins)
Now you know why you should not source from Wiki?
Cheers Bro.
PS: Will let you know the Nobel Peace Prize committee decision soon. Your chances of winning have improved tremendously now that you have quoted from Wiki.