Afaik the CIA contingent was very small and the overwhelming majority of students were protesting the Deng government's liberalization of the market.
These are some of the sources for my claim about CIA involvement that I dug up on newspapers.com:
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I think you're right, but it definitely seems like the "student pro-democracy" leaders were in cahoots with the CIA. Here's more info on the CIA op to help them escape law enforcement after the fact: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Yellowbird
Also as an unrelated bonus, here's a great "stupid sexy Fidel" article from I think 1959 or 1960 that I also found on the newspapers site:
These are some of the sources for my claim about CIA involvement that I dug up on newspapers.com:
I think you're right, but it definitely seems like the "student pro-democracy" leaders were in cahoots with the CIA. Here's more info on the CIA op to help them escape law enforcement after the fact: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Yellowbird
Also as an unrelated bonus, here's a great "stupid sexy Fidel" article from I think 1959 or 1960 that I also found on the newspapers site: