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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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Apr 17, 2024 · Zhao Ziyang (born October 17, 1919, Hua county, Henan province, China—died January 17, 2005, Beijing) was the 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 ...
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Oct 18, 2019 · BEIJING — A century after his birth and nearly 15 years after his death, Zhao Ziyang, the reformist Chinese Communist Party leader who opposed the armed suppression of student protests in 1989...
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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.
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 ...
Aug 18, 2016 · ChinaFile features a conversation between two scholars on Zhao Ziyang, the reformist premier who was purged in 1989. They discuss his contributions, challenges, and how China might have been different under his leadership.
Zhao Ziyang ( Chinese: 赵紫阳; pronounced [ʈʂa ʊ tsɹ̩ .ja ŋ], 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.