Jiang Zemin
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Jiang Zemin was a Chinese politician who served as the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and the fourth paramount leader of China from 1989 to 2002, as the chairman of the Central Milit
Jiang in 2002
Chinese engineering expert team in Romania; Jiang is third from left. (1972)
Jiang with President of Russia Vladimir Putin at APEC summit in Shanghai (2001)
Jiang Zemin with U.S. President Bill Clinton on 11 September 1999
Zhao Ziyang
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Zhao Ziyang was a Chinese politician. He served as the premier of China from 1980 to 1987, as vice chairman of the Chinese Communist Party from 1981 to 1982, and as the general secretary of the Chines
Jiang Zemin
…Politburo, in 1987. Jiang came to power unexpectedly as a compromise candidate following the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, when he replaced Zhao Ziyang as CCP general secretary after Zhao was ousted for his support for the student movement. Jiang also assumed the chairmanship of the Central Military…
Zhao at a government dinner hosted by Dutch Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers during his official trip to the Netherlands in 1985
Zhao (top left) pictured with Mao Zedong in Wuhan, January 1966
Zhao was hosted by US president Ronald Reagan at the White House on 10 January 1984 as part of a broader effort to improve China's relations with the West.
No. 6 Fuqiang Hutong, where Zhao lived