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Hong Kong publisher to issue banned China book
HONG KONG - A Hong Kong publisher best known for a memoir of the Chinese premier ousted for opposing a crackdown on student protesters in Tiananmen Square is releasing a critique of authoritarian rule that is banned in mainland China.
People:Zhao Ziyang Source:(AP)
2009-09-26
Hua Guofeng, who briefly ruled China, dies
BEIJING - Hua Guofeng, who briefly ruled China as communist founder Mao Zedong's successor but was pushed aside as a prelude to reforms that launched an economic boom, died Wednesday at the age of 87, state-run media reported.
People:Hua Guofeng Deng Xiaoping Zhao Ziyang Zhou Enlai Activities:China Cultural Revolution Source:(AP)
2008-08-20
Critic urges China Communists to abandon dictatorship
The emergence of China's likely next generation of leaders at the Communist Party's just-ended conclave is no cause for celebration yet, the most senior official jailed over the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests said.
People:Xi Jinping Li Keqiang Wen Jiabao Hu Jintao Zhao Ziyang Jiang Zemin Activities:2007 CCP 17th Congress
2007-10-23
China's leaders tug strings of power in retirement
One former member of China's top leadership is said to spend his days enjoying Peking opera, another practices Chinese calligraphy and a third likes to tinker with classical musical instruments.
Nations:China People:Hu Jintao Deng Xiaoping Mao Zedong Zhao Ziyang Jiang Zemin
2007-09-14
Premier says world should not fear China
Premier Wen Jiabao promised Friday to make China's authoritarian political system more accountable to the people and sought to allay concerns about the country's rising military power.
Nations:China People:Wen Jiabao Hu Jintao Zhao Ziyang Activities:2007 China 10th NPC China Hu Jintao Admin.
2007-03-16
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