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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`)..... Click the link for more information. , 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. ..... Click the link for more information. 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 ..... Click the link for more information. . Hu Yaobang 1915--89, Chinese statesman; leader of the Chinese Communist Party (1981--87) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Thus the contradictions in the 1980s between the proponents of a liberal socialism, close to Hu Yaobang, and those of a technocratic type of neo-authoritarianism, close to Zhao Ziyang, evoke the debate of the 1920s between the liberal Hu Shi and reformers of the Kuomintang, who advocated imposing a "political tutelage" on a society considered to be immature. The Deng Xiaoping era has also seen its share of political intrigue as succession arrangements unraveled: first when Hua Guofeng and other Cultural Revolution beneficiaries were outmaneuvered by reformers in the early 1980s; later when Hu Yaobang lost Deng's favor and was forced into retirement in 1987; and most recently when Zhao Ziyang similarly lost Deng's confidence and was removed from his posts in the wake of the pro-democracy movement of 1989. Like Lieberthal, Miles is wary of the ability of a Leninist political system to deal with questions of succession, noting the fall of two of Deng's earlier handpicked successors - Hu Yaobang (in 1987) and Zhao Ziyang (in 1989). |
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