New York’s Chinese Dissidents Thought He Was an Ally. He Was a Spy.
Shujun Wang seemed to be a Chinese democracy activist, but an F.B.I. investigation showed just how far China will go to ...
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How the death of Chinese statesman Hu Yaobang led to the bloody crackdown at Tiananmen Square
Hu Yaobang died more than 30 years ago, but his impact is still being felt in China. Hu had a heart attack during a Politburo meeting, then died a week later, on April 15, 1989. An economic ...
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The Man Who Almost Changed China
Although Deng led this process, he was aided at the time by the advice and work of a less heralded leader, Hu Yaobang. Hu does not enjoy the broad name recognition of Mao, Deng, and the leading ...
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Nobel Prize-winning research on institutions gains traction in China to aid private sector
Hu Deping, the eldest son of late liberal leader Hu Yaobang who was instrumental in China’s opening up, called for greater attention for the research conducted by Western scholars James Robinson ...
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Why Li Keqiang's death is dangerous for Xi Jinping
The death of a leader in China can usher in big changes, it did after Mao Zedong, or can lead to political upheaval, like it did when grieving for Hu Yaobang morphed into the 1989 Tiananmen Square ...