Death Of Zhao Ziyang Passes Without Major Protest

February 2005 | Ratings Update

The death of Zhao Ziyang, the former Communist Party chief who lost his job for siding with the students during the Tiananmen Square Massacre of 1989, has passed without major protest. This will come as a relief to China's top leadership, who were concerned that Zhao's death could lead to the kind of mass mourning that followed the death of another reformist leader, Hu Yaobang, which culminated in the Tiananmen square protests and eventually the massacre on June 4 1989.

If you would like to subscribe to China & North Asia Monitor and gain instant access to this article, please click here to subscribe.

If you would like to take a trial to China & North Asia Monitor please click on the trial link below.