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Showing posts with label Jiang Zemin (江泽民). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jiang Zemin (江泽民). Show all posts
Wednesday, August 9, 2017

This Day in 1989: June 24, 1989, Government Turmoil Ends with New Leadership

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On June 24, 1989, the Chinese Communist Party completed its top-level leadership reshuffle at the conclusion of its 13th Congress, 4th plena...

This Day in 1989: May 18, 1990, Jiang Zemin Interviewed by Barbara Walters

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On May 18, 1990, American Broadcasting Company (ABC) broadcast an interview of Jiang Zemin by reporter Barbara Walters. This was the first i...
Monday, August 7, 2017

This Day in 1989: February 11, 1990, Ten "Republican Guard" Honored

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On February 11, 1990, The Central Military Committee Chairman Jiang Zemin issued an order to award ten more soldiers with the honor of ...

This Day in 1989: November 9, 1989, Deng Xiaoping Retires, Berlin Wall Collapses

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On November 9, 1989, Deng Xiaoping announced that he was resigning from the post of Chairman of Central Military Committee. He would be offi...
Saturday, June 20, 2015

People of 1989: Qiao Shi (乔石)

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Qiao Shi was born in 1924 at Shanghai. He joined the Chinese Communist Party when he was not even 16 years old and quickly became active ...
Sunday, December 19, 2010

People of 1989: Wang Ruowang

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The outspoken author Wang Ruowang belonged to the older generation who had joined the Communist revolution in China in the very earlier d...
Saturday, December 4, 2010

People of 1989: Liu Binyan

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The famous journalist Liu Binyan was not in Beijing during the 1989 student movement. In fact, he was out of the country in the United Sta...
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Friday, April 25, 2008

NYT Archive 1989: The Banning of The World Economic Herald

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While "it appeared that almost all students at Beijing's universities were honoring the boycott [of classes]", New York Times ...