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(December 1982), Prime Minister Ozal (July 1985), Speaker of the Grand National Assembly Karaduman (October 1985), President Demirel (May 1995) and Speaker of the Grand National Assembly Kalemuli (August 1996). Chinese leaders who visited Turkey are...
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Family, friends, and relatives held low-key commemorations on Jan. 17, however, and some netizens posted commemorations of Zhao, appealing for the restoration of his name. Zhao, who led China’s economic reforms during the 1970s with Hu Yaobang, another...
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People pass under a giant monitor showing Chinese President Jiang Zemin in Shenzhen, one of China's special economic zones, on the day of the funeral of patriarch Deng Xiaoping on February 25, 1997. Jiang Zemin was chosen by Deng Xiaoping to be his... View Photo »
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Stop saying that Zhao Ziyang was innocent.
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According to Beijing-based legal scholar Yu Meisun, among those who visited the late former leader's home in Fuqiang alley were petitioners—ordinary Chinese, many of whom have spent years pursuing complaints against official wrongdoing through legal...
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Conversely, the election has had a major influence, Xia said, especially in China’s intellectual community, causing them to question and challenge the Communist Party’s rule. The son of the former secretary to Zhao Ziyang (a reformist premier and head...
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November 30, 2010, the head of the local police substation said: “Stop saying that Zhao Ziyang was innocent.” I said I would not stop. He then said: “Sign your name on the demolition agreement.” I said no, I did not agree with the terms: they were...
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Photo dated 19 December 1984 showing Chinese Premier of the People's Republic of China Zhao Ziyang (R, first row) and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (L, first row) in Beijing during the signing ceremony agreement over Hong Kong handover. View Photo »
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Better than the assent of the crowd: The dissent of one brave man! —Sima Qian (145–90 BC) Records of the Grand Historian Truth will set you free. —Gospel according to John My tendency to idealize Western civilization arises from my nationalistic desire...
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By Jane Lin & Shanshan Wu Epoch Times Staff Created: January 13, 2012 Last Updated: January 13, 2012 Between 5,000 to 10,000 workers at the state-run Pangang Group Chengdu Steel & Vanadium Company in Chengdu City of Sichuan Province went on a three-day s
About Zhao Ziyang
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Zhao Ziyang (simplified Chinese: 赵紫阳; traditional Chinese: 趙紫陽; pinyin: Zhào Zǐyáng; Wade-Giles: Chao Tzu-yang) (October 17, 1919–January 17, 2005) was a politician in the People's Republic of China. He was Premier of the People's Republic of China from 1980 to 1987, and General Secretary of the Communist Party of China from 1987 to 1989. As a... Full Article
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General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev (R) gestures as he talks to journalists 16 May 1989 in Beijing as Chinese Prime Minister and Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) general secretary Zhao Ziyang (L) and Raisa Gorbachev look on. Zhao's failure to...
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King Fahd ibn Abd al-Aziz of Saudi Arabia (1st row, 5th-R) is surrounded 23 October 1981 in Cancun by 22 world leaders gathered for a family picture during the North-South Economic Summit (top, from left) Sergei Kraigher (Yugoslavia), Julius Nyerere (Nigeria), Margaret Thatcher (United...
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