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 Zhao Ziyang: biography and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Zhao was rehabilitated (additional info and facts about rehabilitated) by Zhou Enlai (additional info and facts about Zhou Enlai) in 1973, appointed to the Central Committee (additional info and facts about Central Committee), and sent to China's largest province, Sichuan (A populous province of south central China), as first party secretary in 1975.
Zhao waded into the students and spoke to them and pleaded with them to abandon their vigil saying "he had already come too late, that he was old and didn't care what happened to himself, but that they were young and should look out for themselves".
In February 2004, Zhao had a pneumonia (Respiratory disease characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma (excluding the bronchi) with congestion caused by viruses or bacteria or irritants) attack that led to a severe lung malfunctioning and was hospitalized for three weeks.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/z/zh/zhao_ziyang.htm   (2533 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Zhao Ziyang
Once slated as Deng Xiaoping's successor, Zhao Ziyang was purged for his support of the student demonstrators in the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 and spent the last fifteen years of his life under house arrest.
Zhao Ziyang (赵紫阳; zhao4 zi3 yang2) (born 1919) was a politician in the People's Republic of China.
In the 1980s, Zhao was branded by many as a revisionist of Marxism, He advocated government transparancy and a national dialogue that included ordinary citizens in the policymaking process, which made him popular with the masses.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Zhao-Ziyang   (1229 words)

  
 Zhao Ziyang --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
During China's Cultural Revolution of the 1960s, Zhao Ziyang was purged from the Communist party and denounced as a capitalist subversive (see Cultural Revolution).
By 1980, after the deaths of the old party leaders, Zhao was restored to favor and elected China's premier.
Zhao Ziyang (or Chao Tzu-yang) was born in Henan Province in November 1919.
www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9277879   (482 words)

  
 Encyclopedia article on Zhao Ziyang [EncycloZine]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Zhao Ziyang (Template:Zh-stpw) (17 October 1919–17 January 2005) was a politician in the People's Republic of China.
Zhao Ziyang (accompanied by then-Chief of Staff Wen Jiabao) addressed the student protestors at Tiananmen on May 19, 1989.
On at least two occasions Zhao wrote letters, adressed to the Chineese government, in which he put forward the case for a reassessment of the Tiananmen Massacre.
encyclozine.com /Zhao_Ziyang   (2301 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Zhao Ziyang (Chinese And Taiwanese History, Biography) - Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Zhao Ziyang or Chao Tzu-yang[zhou zEyAng] Pronunciation Key, 1919–, Chinese Communist leader.
Li Peng succeeded Zhao as premier in 1987.
Opposing a policy of repression, Zhao advocated dialogue with the students demonstrating in Tiananmen Square.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/Z/ZhaoZiya.html   (259 words)

  
 Zhao Ziyang on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Opposing a policy of repression, Zhao called for dialogue with the students demonstrating in Tiananmen Square.
Consequently, he was ousted from all posts on June 23, was placed under house arrest until Oct., 1989, and subsequently had his movements and visitors restricted until his death.
More sweet than sour; Zhao's visit strengthens Sino-American relations.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/Z/ZhaoZ1iya.asp   (528 words)

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