Zhao Ziyang
Americannoun
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His two immediate predecessors as party boss, Hu Yaobang and Zhao Ziyang, had been purged.
From Washington Post • Nov. 30, 2022
He succeeded Zhao Ziyang, who was dismissed by Deng due to his sympathy for the student-led Tiananmen Square protesters and was held under house arrest until his 2005 death.
From Washington Times • Nov. 30, 2022
By 1989, that included General Secretary Zhao Ziyang, a reformist.
From BBC • Oct. 23, 2022
The organization, identified in the complaint as the Hu Yaobang and Zhao Ziyang Memorial Foundation, was entangled in another criminal case this week.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 16, 2022
There was a surprising one from the 12th Party Congress in 1982 that showed Hu Yaobang and Zhao Ziyang, leaders associated with the 1989 protests who have been erased from official histories.
From New York Times • Aug. 16, 2013
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