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| | Asia Times Online :: China News, China Business News, Taiwan and Hong Kong News and Business. |
 | | Hu was sacked in 1987 for apparently leaning towards "Western, bourgeois" principles of democracy, and for indirectly encouraging questioning of the communist system, as well as for pushing economic reforms beyond their intended limits. |
 | | Zheng served as Hu Yaobang's political adviser in the 1980s, and for nine years he was Hu Jintao's deputy when the latter headed the Central Party School, a decisive position in the process of promotions and training in the communist organization. |
 | | The memory of Hu Yaobang, and all that he meant and stood for, could be a reason for people to stick with the party, and ultimately trust that it will give China what it expects. |
| www.atimes.com /atimes/China/GK09Ad01.html (2078 words) |
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