the house of representatives was led by nancy pelosi.
the house of representatives was led by nancy pelosi.
who is the house of representatives led by?
nancy pelosi
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press restrictions were loosened significantly during early to mid-may. state media began broadcasting footage sympathetic to protesters and the movement, including the hunger strikers. on 14 may, intellectuals led by dai qing gained permission from hu qili to bypass government censorship and air the progressive views of the nation's intellectuals on "guangming daily". the intellectuals then issued an urgent appeal for the students to leave the square in an attempt to deescalate the conflict. however, many students believed that the intellectuals were speaking for the government, and refused to move. that evening, formal negotiations took place between government representatives led by yan mingfu and student representatives led by shen tong and xiang xiaoji. yan affirmed the patriotic nature of the student movement and pleaded for the students to withdraw from the square. while yan's apparent sincerity for compromise satisfied some students, the meeting grew increasingly chaotic as competing student factions relayed uncoordinated and incoherent demands to the leadership. shortly after student leaders learned that the event had not been broadcast nationally as initially promised by the government, the meeting fell apart. yan then personally went to the square to appeal to the students, even offering himself to be held hostage. yan also took the student's pleas to li peng the next day, asking li to consider formally retracting the 26 april editorial and rebranding the movement as "patriotic and democratic"; li refused.
1989 tiananmen square protests