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| − | Hu Yaobang (1915-1989) was a reformist leader of the [[Chinese Communist Party]]. A | + | '''Hu Yaobang''' (1915-1989) was a reformist leader of the [[Chinese Communist Party]]. A participant in the [[Long March]] (during which he was captured by a nationalist warlord), he later became a protégé of [[Deng Xiaoping]]. |
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| + | Deng appointed Hu party chief in 1980. He rehabilitated many victims of the [[Cultural Revolution]], and relaxed Chinese rule in [[Tibet]]; however, following student unrest in 1986, Hu was forced by hardline pressure within the CCP leadership to resign in early 1987. He died of a heart attack of 15 April 1989; impromptu public meetings to mourn his death were the catalyst for the growth of the [[Democracy Movement]], culminating in the [[Tiananmen Square Massacre]] later that year. | ||
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Revision as of 07:54, August 4, 2014
Hu Yaobang (1915-1989) was a reformist leader of the Chinese Communist Party. A participant in the Long March (during which he was captured by a nationalist warlord), he later became a protégé of Deng Xiaoping.
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Deng appointed Hu party chief in 1980. He rehabilitated many victims of the Cultural Revolution, and relaxed Chinese rule in Tibet; however, following student unrest in 1986, Hu was forced by hardline pressure within the CCP leadership to resign in early 1987. He died of a heart attack of 15 April 1989; impromptu public meetings to mourn his death were the catalyst for the growth of the Democracy Movement, culminating in the Tiananmen Square Massacre later that year.