April 15th was the twentieth anniversary of Hu Yaobang’s death. Hu was a beloved leader, the General Secretary of the CCP for nearly a decade, and many people were thinking about his legacy on Wednesday. One group of people who wasn’t thinking about Hu Yaobang? The staff at the People’s Daily.
Hu Yong noted on his [...]
NOT Remembering Hu Yaobang
Apr 17th, 2009
In Memory of Hu Yaobang
Apr 15th, 2009
Twenty years ago today, April 15th, Hu Yaobang died, and in response, China exploded.
Hu Yaobang was a CCP leader, and the General Secretary of the Party from 1980 until 1987, when he was forced out by socialist hard-liners for advocating bourgeois liberalization. He was forced to write a self-criticism, and when he died two years [...]
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