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Zhao Ziyang

American  
[jou -yahng] / ˈdʒaʊ ˈzœˈjɑŋ /

noun

  1. 1919–2005, Chinese Communist leader: premier 1980–87; general secretary of the Communist Party 1987–89.


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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

In the 1980s, Bao was a top aide to Zhao Ziyang, then general secretary of the Communist Party - the same post now held by Xi Jinping.

From BBC Nov. 10, 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

The World Bank and Chinese officials planned the conference at the direct orders of Premier Zhao Ziyang, who met with the group in Beijing before they headed off on the cruise.

From New York Times Jan. 25, 2017

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