After college students Wang Xiaodan and Wang Yang's 4-days' Hunger strikes, Houston practitioners Ms. Chen Xuewei started her 36 hour hunger strike. Guo Yunxia, Hui Haiying, Diana Roberts, Xiong Jie and Jin Meifang also started hunger strikes of between 24 and 48 hours. They are appealing to the international community in the form of hunger strikes to rescue Falun Gong practitioners in China and to stop the Jiang regime's persecution of Falun Gong and his order to "Shoot to Kill without Mercy." Dozens of practitioners practiced the exercises and sent forth righteous thoughts with them. Many people passing by expressed their support.