Word: ziyang
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...party moderates. Present too were President Yang Shangkun, 82, a former army general and the reputed mastermind of the Tiananmen attack, and Qiao Shi, 64, the state security chief who may become General Secretary of the Communist Party. Conspicuously missing was the incumbent in that post, the moderate Zhao Ziyang, whose whereabouts have remained unknown since late last month, when he held sympathetic talks with student representatives in Tiananmen. The officials applauded as Deng hailed the soldiers. "Facing a life-threatening situation," he said, "our troops never forgot the people, never forgot the party, never forgot the country's interest...
...demonstrations seemed to be the direct result of Deng's attempts to retain the upper hand in a protracted power struggle among China's leaders. The disarray was signaled by the failure in recent weeks of party elders to reach consensus on the formal ouster of party chief Zhao Ziyang, who had lost favor because he sympathized with the student protesters. Within the party rank and file, the hard-liners' attempts to brand Zhao a counterrevolutionary had met with silent resistance and even mutters of bu dui (not correct...
Yesterday, the 27th Army traded gunfire with the 28th Army, believed loyal to Zhao Ziyang, a moderate who challenged the conservatives and was stripped of his post as Communist Party leader. No casualties were reported...
...Zhao Ziyang, the moderate Communist Party chief, was stripped of his post late last month in a confrontation with Li, President Yang Shangkun and Deng, the conservatives who ordered the army action...
Though Premier Li Peng appeared to have triumphed over General Secretary Zhao Ziyang last week, both men are accused of string pulling. One source of resentment against Li, the adopted son of former Premier Zhou Enlai, is that his connections enabled him to study in Moscow and rise rapidly through the ranks. Zhao's son is chairman of the Hainan Huahai Co., a trading and investment company. Moreover, Yang, Zhao and Deng are all believed to have sons-in-law who work for army-run companies that export Chinese arms...