high ranking leaders of the party which by now had maintained its all for terry and grip on power for 40 years. in the front row dench of paying the country's senior leader and as prime minister leapin these 2 men had forced the op on from office because he dared to advocate a more transparent political system. outside the great hall of the people a group of students crossed the police line on tiananmen square carrying a petition they knocked down and begged the prime minister to come out and talk but their request was ignored. a wave of outrage spread across china what began as a display of sympathy for a reform minded official now turned into an angry protest.