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Hu Yaobang
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Hu Yaobang (h` you`bäng`), 1915–89, Chinese Communist political leader, b. Hunan prov. A protegé of Deng Xiaoping Deng Xiaoping or Teng Hsiao-p'ing (both: dŭng` shou`pĭng`)
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, Hu became general secretary of the Communist party in 1980 and party chairman in 1981, effectively replacing Hua Guofeng Hua Guofeng or Hua Kuo-feng (both: hwä gwôfŭng), 1920–, Chinese Communist leader.
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 as leader of the Communist party. In the wake of student demonstrations for greater democracy, to which he was thought to be sympathetic, he was forced to resign as party secretary in 1987. In 1989, upon his death, students renewed their protests in Tiananmen Square Tiananmen Square, large public square in Beijing , China, on the southern edge of the Inner or Tatar City. The square, named for its Gate of Heavenly Peace (Tiananmen), contains the monument to the heroes of the revolution, the Great Hall of the People, the museum of
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Hu Yaobang
1915--89, Chinese statesman; leader of the Chinese Communist Party (1981--87)


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