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
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
Hu Yaobang
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Hu Yaobang was a Chinese politician who was a high-ranking official of the People's Republic of China. He held the top office of the Chinese Communist Party from 1981 to 1987, first as Chairman from 1
Zhao Ziyang
…and fight corruption and issues that challenged the party's legitimacy in the 1980s. Many of these views were shared by the then CCP general secretary Hu Yaobang. After Hu's downfall in 1987, Zhao succeeded him as Party general secretary. His economic reform policies and sympathies with student demonstrators…
Hu on a visit to Rome in 1985
Hu Yaobang at Yan'an in the 1930s
Hu Yaobang and his wife Li Zhao
Hu Yaobang, Zhu De, and Liao Chengzhi at the National Youth Congress in 1953 (left to right)