Li Peng
Britishnoun
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CNN footage showed Gen. Scowcroft toasting with Li Peng, a senior Chinese official who played a key role in ordering the Tiananmen crackdown.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 7, 2020
Former Chinese premier Li Peng, a hardliner who imposed martial law during the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests, died at 90.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 15, 2020
July 2019: Li Peng, the Communist Party politician responsible for the Three Gorges Dam, dies at age 90.
From Reuters ● Nov. 14, 2019
Others stepped on pictures of Li Peng, the recently deceased former Chinese premier who backed the Tiananmen Square massacre of student protesters in 1989.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2019
Some of those approached include the former premiers Zhu Rongji and Li Peng, as well as the former top leaders Li Ruihuan and Qiao Shi, people familiar with the matter say.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2012
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