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Zhao Ziyang

Kim Jong Il & Václav Havel: The China Connection

Julian Baird Gewirtz | Posted 02.18.2012 | World
Read More: Deng Xiaoping, Zhao Ziyang, Economics, Vaclav Havel, Chinese Economy, Socialism, Kim Jong Il, China, North Korea, Czech Republic, World News
Julian Baird Gewirtz

In the days following the strange coincidence of December 18 -- the deaths of both Kim Jong Il, North Korea's totalitarian "Dear Leader," and Václav ...

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On the Twentieth Anniversary of Tiananmen: It's Still the Economy, Stupid!

John Wagner Givens | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: College Students, Friedrich Van Hayek, Zhao Ziyang, Beijing-China, Inflation, Protest, Jobs, Economic Growth, China, China Economy, China Human Rights, Tiananmen Square, World News
John Wagner Givens

The fact that Tiananmen has yet to have a sequel can be explained largely by the economic success of the regime since 1989.

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Zhao Ziyang Memoir Reveals Chinese Communist Party Secrets, Inner Workings

AP | AUDRA ANG | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: China, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Chinese Communist Party, Chinese Communists, Zhao Ziyang, Zhao Ziyang Memoir, Books, Beijing-China, World News

BEIJING — It took hours of secret recordings and years of clandestine planning to get the material smuggled out and translated. But just weeks ...

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