Tag: Zhao Ziyang
China’s ‘Dual-Peak Politics’: How Deng Xiaoping and Chen Yun Shaped the Tiananmen Crisis
To understand the evolution of Chinese politics in the post-Mao era and the historic events that led...
‘Never Let Taiwan Fall Into the Hands of Thugs’: Mainland Chinese Mock Beijing’s Unification Pitch on
At a routine briefing on June 10, 2026, Zhang Han, a spokesperson for China's Taiwan Affairs Office,...
Exclusive: The Forgotten Reformer Who Tried to Prevent Tiananmen’s Tragedy
A yellowed newspaper clipping. A signed agreement bearing the names of scholars and student representatives...
Zhao Ziyang’s Fall Was Complete a Year Before Tiananmen
Zhao Ziyang refused to back the Tiananmen crackdown and died under house arrest Zhao Ziyang, who served...
PLA Daily Journalist Jiang Lin Alleges Systematic Rewriting Of June Fourth History
Thirty-seven years have passed since June 4, 1989. Discussion surrounding this historical event has never...
Zhao Ziyang’s Secret Verdict on Tiananmen: Li Peng Demanded the Shooting, Deng Xiaoping Gave the Order
"They all refused to take the lead," Zhao Ziyang told Du Daozheng, the former director of China's state...
Revisiting the Tiananmen Square Massacre
I. The intent to kill: Mourning Hu Tomorrow marks June Fourth. A nation that has experienced a massacre...
The Men Who Ordered the Tiananmen Square Massacre Were Wiring Money to Switzerland That Night
On the night of June 3 to 4, 1989, Chinese army columns moved on Beijing from multiple directions, using...
Zhao Ziyang’s Mother Understood the CCP, He Took Sixteen Years to Catch Up
Zhao Ziyang, who served as China's prime minister and Communist Party general secretary during the 1980s...
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...
Jiang Zemin’s Secret Pilgrimage and a Monk’s Prophecy About the CCP’s Fate in 2026
Jiang Zemin climbed to the top of the Chinese Communist Party by endorsing the June 4, 1989 Tiananmen...
Deng Xiaoping’s Hidden Face: The Calculated Silence Behind China’s ‘Reform Era’ Architect
Deng Xiaoping, who served as the Chinese Communist Party's de facto top leader from the late 1970s through...