Wan Li
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Wan Li was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and politician who served as First Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China from 1983 to 1988 and the 5th Chairman of the Standing Committee of the N
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Wan Li's former residence, located in Dongping County, Shandong Province. Now it has become a patriotic education base.
Tomb of Wan Li and his wife Bian Tao
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
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…reforms were heralded as brilliant innovations by the central government. The system implemented by Wan was followed up with reform programs led by Zhao Ziyang in Sichuan province. Along with Xi Zhongxun, Hu Yaobang, and other reformists in charge of implementing wide-ranging reforms, Wan was seen as a pioneer…
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