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	Li Peng - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Li was born in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, the son of writer Li Shouxun, one of the earliest CPC revolutionaries and a revolutionary martyr.
		After Li was elected member of the CPC Central Committee at the Twelfth CPC National Congress in 1982, he rose to the Politburo and the Party Secretariat in 1985, and the standing committee of the Politburo in 1987, when he also became acting premier.
		Li shifted his focus from the day-to-day concerns of the energy, communications and raw materials departments to the forefront of the inter-party debate on the pace of market reforms.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Li_Peng (1594 words)

	Wikinfo \| Li Peng (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The son of Li Shuoxun, one of the earliest CPC revolutionaries and a revolutionary martyr, Li was orphaned at age three when his father was executed by the Kuomintang.
		Li Peng, the premier since 1988, declared martial law during the Tiananmen Square protests (May, 1989); and was instrumental in the dismissal and arrest (June, 1989) of Zhao Ziyang.
		Li is widely believed to be one of the most unpopular politicians in China, mainly for his lack of charisma, image as a hardliner, and role in justifying the suppression Tiananmen square protests.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Li_Peng (1432 words)

	Li Peng
		He served as Premier of the People's Republic of China and Chairman of the State Council between 1987 and 1998 and is disliked by many for his role in the crackdown of the Tiananmen Square protests in June 1989.
		He joined the Communist Party in 1945, his father Li Shuoxun[?] was one of the earliest CPC members.
		Li was educated as a technologist and specialised in power generation.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/li/Li_Peng.html (246 words)

	Radio Australia - News In Depth - In Focus - Li Peng
		The son of a martyred writer, in 1939 Li Peng was fostered by Zhou Enlai, who was to become the first premier of the People's Republic in 1949.
		Li attended school in the communist strong hold of Yan'an and in 1948 was sent to the Moscow Institute to study hydroelectric engineering.
		In the aftermath, Li Peng was dubbed the 'Butcher of Beijing', with international and local pressure calling for his resignation.
	www.abc.net.au /ra/news/profiles/lipeng.htm (411 words)

	Li Peng in India
		Li, however, said that the issue could be resolved provided "the people and the leadership of our two countries sincerely hope for a solution." He recalled that the two countries had agreed to settle the border issue when Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi visi ted China in 1988.
		Li Peng told the media before he came to India that he would be satisfied if the trip would "contribute in some way" to the se ttlement of the dispute with India.
		Li Peng told a group of Indian parliamentarians that developing and developed countries were being accorded "different status and treatment" in important forums such as the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
	www.hindu.com /thehindu/fline/fl1803/18031260.htm (1823 words)

	CNN In-Depth Specials - Visions of China - Profiles: Li Peng
		A true conservative, an avowed adherent to orthodox Communist ideology, Hakka Li Peng was born October 20, 1928, in Chengdu, seat of China's Sichuan Province.
		The fatherless young Li enjoyed a reversal in fortune when in 1939 he became the foster son of Chou En-lai, the future premier of Communist China and one of its legendary figures.
		Li would go on to describe the 1989 crackdown as a historic victory for communism against those who would sabotage all that China had fought for during and after the revolution.
	www.cnn.com /SPECIALS/1999/china.50/inside.china/profiles/li.peng (1113 words)

	China Affirms Li Peng as Prime Minister
		Li's appointment was ratified by the National People's Congress, which met this morning at the Great Hall of the People in the heart of Beijing.
		Li, in a remark often cited by the Chinese press, has dismissed suggestions that he is pro-Soviet.
		Li's ascent through the ranks of the party has occurred under the patronage of a group of elderly hard-line party members, including Chen Yun and Peng Zhen, as well as that of Deng Yingchao, the widow of Zhou Enlai.
	partners.nytimes.com /library/world/asia/041088li-peng.html (633 words)

	Human Rights in China (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Li Peng, the Premier of China at the time of the Tiananmen protests and massacre in 1989 was served on the morning of August 31, with a U.S. federal lawsuit alleging massive human rights violations.
		Li Peng declared martial law on May 20, 1989, precipitating the massacre of unarmed civilians by the People's Liberation Army and the People's Armed Police which were enforcing martial law orders.
		Li Peng should have sought to halt the egregious abuses of human rights that occurred when the troops began their assault on Beijing on June 3 with tanks and machine guns.
	www.hrichina.org /public/contents/article?revision_id=3904&item_id=3903 (2009 words)

	Li Peng on Basic-level Democracy, Political Parties, etc.
		Li said that it is fair to say that there has been a great deal of progress in the international media'soverage of China and that it is much more objective than before, but that there are still reports that don't conform to the facts.
		Li said that the charges against Comrade Liu Shaoqi were trumped up and the result of frame-up by Lin Biao, Jiang Qing and others, and that this had been clearly stated by the 6th Plenary Session of the 11th CPC Central Committee.
		Li said that the NPC and its Standing Committee have enacted over 300 laws and related decisions on the basis of the Constitution since the reforms and opening-up began, and the 8th NPC achieved a great deal in revising the Criminal Law.
	www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/55/139.html (2365 words)

	Li Peng's May 18 meeting with students
		[Video opens with a long shot of Li Peng entering a large conference room, zooming in to focus on Li Peng shaking hands with each student as he or she is introduced to Li by an unidentified official carrying a namelist of the students.
		Li is seen shaking hands and briefly chatting with a total of eleven students.
		Li Peng and others stand up to greet them, shake hands, and introduce them to those present; one of the teachers walks up to shake hands with Wu'er Kaixi.] [Indistinct] We have agreed to discuss just one question: that is, how to persuade the students to leave the square [indistinct].
	www.tsquare.tv /chronology/May18mtg.html (6447 words)

	CNN.com - Li Peng bent on holding power - January 27, 2001
		Li is expected to retire from the Politburo Standing Committee at the pivotal conclave -- and from the NPC soon afterwards.
		Li had told Jiang that Luo, a Politburo member in charge of law and order, should be inducted into the Politburo Standing Committee as the cadre in charge of the Central Commission for Disciplinary Inspection (CCDI).
		Moreover, one of Li's sons is reportedly linked to the now-defunct Xinguoda Futures Brokerage, which milked at least 4,000 investors of 500 million yuan before it was closed down by the authorities in 1998.
	edition.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/asiapcf/east/01/25/china.willylipeng (702 words)

	Li Peng on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		LI PENG [Li Peng], 1928-, Chinese Communist leader, premier of China (1988-98), b.
		WEDA Agence France Presse 09-08-2002 Chinese number two Li Peng (L) and his wife Zhu Lin (C) holds a bouquet of flowers as they are accompanied by Indonesian deputy House Speaker Ginandjar Kartasasmita (R) upon arrival at Halim Perdanakusuma's airport in Jakarta 08 September 2002.
		Li is on a week-long visit as the guest of the Japanese parliament.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/L/LiP1eng.asp (861 words)

	Li Peng - Famous Chinese People - Chinese
		After Li was elected member of the CPC Central Committee at the Twelfth CPC National Congress in 1982, he rose to the Politburo of the Communist Party of ChinaPolitburo and the Party Secretariat in 1985, and the standing committee of the Politburo in 1987, when he also became acting premier.
		Li made a number of visits to foreign countries, contributing to the consolidation and development of friendship and cooperation between the PRC and other countries.
		Li is one of the most unpopular politicians in China, mainly for his lack of charisma, image as a hardliner, and role in suppressing the Tiananmen square protests.
	www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Li_Peng (1675 words)

	The Epoch Times \| Li Peng Blames Deng Xiaoping for Tiananmen Massacre
		Li Peng’s article published in the Communist Party magazine Seeking Truth is a much different viewpoint than other senior officials have stated about the incident.
		Li’s article is believed to be an attempt to clear his name and shift the responsibility of the brutal suppression of the democratic movement to Deng Xiaoping and other senior officials of CCP.
		Li did not specifically name any senior officials in the article but is maybe holding out if he becomes the key person for ordering the crackdown in the future.
	english.epochtimes.com /news/4-8-24/22987.html (451 words)

	CNN.com - Li Peng bows out - Mar. 10, 2003
		Before heading into retirement Li, known to many as "the Butcher of Beijing" for his role in ending the 1989 protests, made his final speech Monday at the annual National People's Congress pledging his full confidence in the new generation of leaders coming to power.
		Li formally retires from his post as head of the national legislature when the congress itself ends its annual two-week session.
		Whatever influence he actually had, Li became the public face of the party's hard line against the protesters -- his hands stained with the blood of the hundreds, some say thousands, of protesters who died on that night.
	www.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/asiapcf/east/03/10/china.lipeng (533 words)

	The Manila Times Internet Edition \| WORLD > Li Peng: Deng backed 1989 carnage at Tiananmen Square (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Li was prime minister when Chinese soldiers were ordered into Tiananmen Square in Beijing to quell a monthlong rally by students demanding more democracy in communist China.
		Li’s comments are among the most explicit made about the event, on which Chinese authorities maintain a strict gag.
		In his article, Li also said Deng decided to ignore opposition in Hong Kong and push for the construction of the country’s largest nuclear power plant at nearby Daya Bay on the coast of southern Guangdong province.
	www.manilatimes.net /national/2004/aug/19/yehey/world/20040819wor4.html (784 words)

	China's Li Peng Asks India to Bury Hatchet, Form New Economic Order [Free Republic]
		Li conceded that frosty Sino-Indian relations saw their first thaw with a visit to Beijing by then Indian premier Rajiv Gandhi in 1988, which culminated in a historic visit to New Delhi in 1996 by Chinese President Jiang Zemin.
		Li expressed admiration for India's sweeping market reforms launched in 1991 and stressed that although bilateral trade had grown 10-fold in recent times, it fell way short of its potential.
		Mr Li, chairman of the standing committee of the National People's congress, was asked by a parliamentarian during a reception by the heads of the Indian parliament's two houses to spell out his country's widely reported help to Pakistan's nuclear arms programme.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3a60f71e02a5.htm (1062 words)

	Li Peng Biography / Biography of Li Peng Main Biography
		Li Peng was born in 1928 at Chengtu, Szechwan Province.
		His father, the writer Li Shouxun, took part in the August 1 Nanchang Uprising against the Kuomintang (KMT) authorities in 1927 and was arrested and executed in Haikou, Guangdong Province, in 1930.
		In 1938 Li Peng was adopted by his father's friends Chou Enlai (the first premier of the People's Republic of China [PRC]) and Chou's wife, Deng Yingchao.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-li-peng (254 words)

	Kun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		When there is a storm in the northern sea, the Peng will fly to the southern sea.
		They travel three thousand li (Chinese miles) in one flap of their wings.
		The word 'Peng' (Adj.) is also used as a slang word by many English speakers to denote strength and quality of cannabis; 'Peng' weed is particularly good grade marijuana.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Peng (300 words)

	Index Li-Ll
		His father, writer Li Shuoxun, was executed by the Nationalists in 1930, and from 1939 Li Peng was cared for by Deng Yingchao, the wife of Zhou Enlai.
		Li advocated moderate-paced reform, his chief concern being the maintenance of economic and political stability under the direction of the central government.
		Li served in the largely ceremonial post of president in 1983-88; his appointment appeared to be a concession to the still powerful and influential conservatives in order to foster political stability.
	www.rulers.org /indexl3.html (9333 words)

	Man Recovers From 'Non-Survivable' Near Drowning After Prayer Prognosis Was Bleak After Pool Mishap Left 19-Year-Old In ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Li Peng, 19, was not expected to survive after being pulled out of a swimming pool last January.
		Although not directly involved in Li Peng's care, Meakes is familiar with the case and recalls that the medical prognosis was bleak.
		He remembers it was cold outside and, as he walked across the parking lot, his wife mentioned that Li Peng had tapped her hand lightly during the prayer.
	www.rense.com /general56/coma.htm (666 words)

	rediff.com Special: Claude Arpi on Li Peng's visit to India
		Li Peng, the Chinese leader many call the Butcher of Tiananmen Square, is in India this week.
		Li, chairman of the National People's Congress (the Chinese parliament), is the highest-ranking Chinese official to visit India since bilateral ties turned sour after India's 1998 nuclear tests.
		Zhou Enlai, who by the way adopted Li Peng as his son, visited India thrice in less than two months (between November 28, 1956 and January 26, 1957) at a time when the People's Liberation Army was completing the Aksai Chin road, inaugurated by Zhou later in 1957.
	www.rediff.com /news/2001/jan/09spec.htm (1391 words)

	The Li Bloodline
		In writing about the Li family and Chinese secret societies, I am like the man who wakes up in the middle of the night while everyone else sleeps and then gropes around in the darkness trying to feel his way.
		Li Yuan was the founder of the Tang Dynasty which lasted from 618 to 906 A.D. His son who ruled after him was Li Shimin.
		Li Ta-chao was the head of the communist party in Northern China during the fighting with the Nationalists.
	www.theforbiddenknowledge.com /hardtruth/the_li_bloodline.htm (6593 words)

	UTStarcom, Inc. China Facility Visited by Li Peng, Chairman of China's National People's Congress
		Li Peng, Chairman of China's National People's Congress and former Premier of China, at the Company's Zhejiang province manufacturing, sales and research and development facility on March 29, 2000.
		Li met with local NPC (National People's Congress) members and visited local enterprises and discussed a variety of issues, including the role of high-tech companies in the developed areas of China.
		Li sampled the Company's PAS system, which was installed by the Company in December 1999 as part of the Hangzhou Telecom network, and remarked that the voice quality of the handset was impressively high.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/04-05-2000/0001183298&EDATE= (601 words)

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