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Zhao Ziyang (Chinese: 赵紫阳; pronounced [ʈʂâʊ tsɹ̩̀.jǎŋ], 17 October 1919 – 17 January 2005) was a Chinese politician. He was the third premier of the People's Republic 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.
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Mar 12, 2024 · Zhao Ziyang premier of China (1980–87) and general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (1987–89). Born into a landlord family in Henan province, Zhao joined the Young Communist League in 1932 and became a member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1938. He served in local party.
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Jan 17, 2019 · Most of the people who remember Zhao were alive in 1989 - few young people know of him. Zhao Ziyang was a Chinese leader who opposed sending tanks into Tiananmen Square nearly 30 years ago.
Jun 2, 2009 · Zhao Ziyang was a Chinese Communist Party official who advocated for economic and political reforms in the 1980s. He was ousted from power and placed under house arrest after he dissented from the military crackdown on the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989.
Oct 18, 2019 · The ashes of reformist Chinese leader Zhao Ziyang, purged for opposing using force to suppress student protests in 1989, have been buried in Beijing. The remains of Mr Zhao, who died in 2005, were ...
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Jun 8, 2018 · Zhao Ziyang (1919– ) Chinese statesman, who played a leading part in China's economic modernization. Zhao joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1938, and during the 1960s acted as party secretary of Guangdong province.
Jan 18, 2005 · The former Chinese leader Zhao Ziyang, who has died aged 85, will be remembered for having tried and failed to prevent the massacre in Tiananmen Square in Beijing in June 1989. Whether it was a ...