"When I recalled [what] Hu Yaobang [had achieved] some 30 years ago, I deeply felt as if that was from another life. China has become a different country… And by his example, you can tell how much this [communist] party has backtracked."
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General Secretaries and Chairmen of the Communist Party of ChinaCommunistsHeads of statePeople of the Cold War
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Wang Dan, "Chinese Dissidents Remember Liberal Reformer Hu Yaobang" (15 April 2019), Voice of America
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Hu Yaobang
1981 – 1982
Hu Yaobang (20 November 1915 - 15 April 1989) was the Chairman of the Communist Party of China (1981-1982) and the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (1980-1987).
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