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Zhao Ziyang

American  
[jou -yahng] / ˈdʒaʊ ˈzœˈyɑŋ /

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

Deng picked Jiang as party general secretary in 1989 to replace Zhao Ziyang, who was sympathetic to the Tiananmen protesters and was purged and placed under house arrest until his death in 2005.

From Seattle Times • 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

One figure who doesn’t get the credit he deserves is Zhao Ziyang, who was premier and then general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party.

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2017