Tag: Chen Yun
Zhao Ziyang’s Five Proposals Terrified the CCP Elite and Sealed His Fate
On May 16, 1989, the five proposals that Zhao Ziyang placed before his Politburo Standing Committee colleagues...
How Deng Xiaoping Dismantled Mao’s Security Chief in 1978
Mao Zedong's personal security chief, Wang Dongxing, had spent thirty years as the most feared man in...
Why Reagan Still Haunts Beijing: What Deng Xiaoping Saw in 1981
On a cold afternoon in Washington on March 30, 1981, Ronald Reagan stepped out of the Hilton Hotel and...
Why Hu Yaobang Fell: Zhao Ziyang Reveals the Two Words That Angered Deng Xiaoping
At a small meeting, Deng Xiaoping raised a proposal. Hu Yaobang expressed agreement, replying simply,...
How Chen Yun And Li Xiannian Survived Mao And Controlled China’s Economy
By Fu Longshan To understand the true nature of Chen Yun and Li Xiannian—two of the Chinese Communist...
Evergrande Crisis Could Cause a Damaging Domino Effect While Powerful CCP Families Profit
On Sep 22, in an attempt to assure concerned western investors, the Evergrande Group announced that it...