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Hace 3 días · The catalyst for the chain of events in the spring of 1989 was the death of Hu in mid-April; Hu was transformed into a martyr for the cause of political liberalization. On the day of his funeral (April 22), tens of thousands of students gathered in Tiananmen Square demanding democratic and other reforms.
Hace 5 días · Unlike these, it was built against the occupant’s explicit wishes (the dying Mao had selected a plot in a Beijing cemetery). It was the project of the short‑lived regime of Hua Guofeng, featuring his calligraphy on the facade and gesturing, heroic sculptures of workers, peasants, soldiers and students on each corner.
Hace 1 día · Hua Guofeng did not: he put the Party’s interests first. Khrushchev could have tried harder to come out on top in 1964. [38] And second, “struggles” happen most of the time in Leninist regimes when the top leader goes after a hapless and loyal deputy—deputies are not constantly scheming to seize power.
Hace 3 días · El 4 de junio de 1989, tanques del Ejército Popular de Liberación de China irrumpieron en la Plaza de Tian Anmen (Paz Celestial en mandarín), en la que desde el 15 de abril habían acudido, primero cientos y después miles de manifestantes —principalmente estudiantes— para honrar la memoria de Hu Yaobang, que fuera secretario general del ...
Hace 4 días · La República Popular China ( chino simplificado: 中华人民共和国, chino tradicional: 中華人民共和國, pinyin: Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó) es la república que actualmente ejerce la soberanía sobre la China continental y los territorios de Hong Kong y Macao.
Hace 2 días · No love lost in Beijing while many in Brussels to miss the straight-shooting if polarising German who became point person on Sino-EU policy.
Hace 5 días · Throughout the 1970s, high-ranking leaders of the Chinese Communist Party, including Hua Guofeng, spread the story to foreign delegates that Lin had conspired with the KGB to assassinate Mao.
