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Hu Yaobang (1915-1989) was a reformist leader of the [[Chinese Communist Party]]. A paricipant in the [[Long March]] (during which he was captured by a nationalist warlord), he later became a protege of [[Deng Xiaoping]], and as Deng gradually gained power following the death of [[Mao Zedong]], Hu was named General Secretary of the CCP in 1980 and Chairman of the CCP in 1981. He rehabilitated many victims of the [[Cultural Revolution]], and relaxed Chinese rule in [[Tibet]]; however, following student unrest in 1986, Hu was forced by hardline pressure within the CCP leadership to resign in early 1987. He died of a heart attack of 15 April 1989; impromptu public meetings to mourn his death were the catalyst for the growth of the [[Democracy Movement]], culminating in the [[Tiananmen Square Massacre]] later that year.

Hu Yaobang (1915-1989) was a reformist leader of the [[Chinese Communist Party]]. A paricipant in the [[Long March]] (during which he was captured by a nationalist warlord), he later became a protege of [[Deng Xiaoping]], and as Deng gradually gained power following the death of [[Mao Zedong]], Hu was named General Secretary of the CCP in 1980 and Chairman of the CCP in 1981. He rehabilitated many victims of the [[Cultural Revolution]], and relaxed Chinese rule in [[Tibet]]; however, following student unrest in 1986, Hu was forced by hardline pressure within the CCP leadership to resign in early 1987. He died of a heart attack of 15 April 1989; impromptu public meetings to mourn his death were the catalyst for the growth of the [[Democracy Movement]], culminating in the [[Tiananmen Square Massacre]] later that year.

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[[Category:People's Republic of China]]