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May 19, 2019 · In the pre-dawn hours of May 19th, 1989, then General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, Zhao Ziyang, went to Tiananmen Square to talk to the protesting students. Watch a video of his ...
Jun 2, 2014 · On June 2, 1989, two days before the military crackdown on Tiananmen Square that would change the course of Chinese history, nine of the country's top leaders sat down to decide what to do about ...
Nov 12, 2013 · Zhao Ziyang was general secretary for little more than a year before the death of Hu Yaobang on 15 April 1989, coupled with a growing sense of public outrage caused by high inflation, provided the backdrop for the large-scale protest of 1989 by students, intellectuals, and other parts of a disaffected urban population.
Sep 2, 2023 · Translation of Zhao Ziyang's Speech to the Nation on May 4th, 1989. Zhao Ziyang in dialogue with student protestors at the Tiananmen Square on May 19th, 1989 to call off hunger strikes. Behind him stood Wen Jiabao, the future Premier of China.
Zhao Ziyang (Chinese: 赵紫阳; pronounced [ʈʂâʊ tsɹ̩̀.jǎŋ], 17 October 1919 – 17 January 2005) was a Chinese politician. He was the premier of China from 1980 to 1987, vice chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1981 to 1982, and CCP general secretary from 1987 to 1989.
Today we know it is within our grasp to reap enormous rewards from the courage and foresight of those who opened the doors of Chinese-American friendship. One of your predecessors, Premier Zhou Enlai, said in the early stages of our new relationship, ``China places high hopes on the American people.''.
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Oct 18, 2019 · The ashes of Zhao Ziyang, the liberal leader ousted after seeking compromise with the protesters, were laid to rest. But the uprising remains a sensitive political scar in China.
