Word: ziyang
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Communist Party itself is still being "rectified," though less dramatically than the police. Key sympathizers of deposed party leader Zhao Ziyang, who was sacked for supporting last year's protests, have been demoted or dismissed. Last week Premier Li Peng told reporters that Zhao, who has not been seen in public since last May, is a "free man" but is still under investigation for political crimes. Meanwhile, the party process of Maoist- style "self-criticism," or recantation, continues...