 On June 2 Liu Xiaobo, Zhou Duo, and Gao Xin joined Hou Dejian in Tiananmen Square to announce their hunger strike in support of the student movement.A popular singer in China, Hou Dejian stated “music played a very important role during the movement.When someone takes part in a rock concert, that kind of crazy feeling is all about self-liberation and about self-expression.” Together, the “four gentlemen” wrote a declaration that urged the Chinese people to uphold their “duty as responsible citizens” by sustaining a “peaceful democratization process.” They declared, “in this combat of opposing political cultures, of character cultivation and of moral strength, the hunger strikers intend to use their wisdom and actions to make the government feel shamed, to admit and correct its wrongdoings.” The hope of the declaration was to create a transformation in government that would be rooted in democratic principles, rather than the authoritarian model in place.