newspaper, approved a series of reports, called “Xth day of Martial Law,” which summarized the situation in Beijing each day but only lasted for 10 days due to government pressure. Some hardliners found the content embarrassing, since “the people power had temporarily blocked the advance of troops into the city.” In addition, a group of People's Daily employees under editor Wu Xuecan's leadership printed and distributed approximately 1,000 copies of “People's Daily Extra,” an unauthorized extra edition that took the point of view of the student protestors. It publicized the fact that Zhao's political power had been deprived and emphasized Zhao's five pieces of advice to the PSC, including negating the April 26 Editorial and investigating in official profiteering. The extra also took a strong position against Li Peng, suggesting the National People's Congress (NPC) to remove Li from his position. In addition to explicit acts of resistance, the People's Daily writers took to using innuendos to suggest their dissatisfaction with the government's actions. For example, a May 22 report on events in Hungary was placed on the front page, with a quote from the Hungarian Prime Minister as the headline: "Using troops to solve domestic conflicts is not allowed." Crackdown and aftermath (June 3 to June 10) In its June 4 edition, People's Daily showed different attitudes under its domestic news and international news section. On its front page, the newspaper issued an editorial titled “Resolutely support the party's decision of suppressing the counter-revolutionary rebellion (坚决拥护党中央决策 坚决镇压反革命暴乱).” On the contrary, under the international news section the newspaper reported on the Gwangju Uprising with the bold headline “Seoul students go on hunger strike to protest government massacre and crackdown” and on the Polish elections held that same day with the headline “Warning: nobody should play with fire” and tagline “Polish leaders say elections are a great experience in reconciliation.” Given the context, the government later condemned the editorial decisions made by People's Daily, since the editorials were interpreted by the hardliners as criticisms to the government action and implicit supports to the student protestors. After the crackdown, People's Daily was reorganized by the government with a series of personnel adjustments. Both Qian, Tan Wenrui, then chief editor, and Lu stepped down due to their violation of party discipline and Wu Xuecan was sentenced to 4 years in jail for printing unauthorized extras. See also People's Daily April 26 Editorial References