14 Facts About Hu Yaobang

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Hu Yaobang was a high-ranking official of the People's Republic of China.

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Hu Yaobang held the top office of the Chinese Communist Party from 1981 to 1987, first as Chairman from 1981 to 1982, then as General Secretary from 1982 to 1987.

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Hu Yaobang's tomb is in Gongqingcheng, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Jiujiang.

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Hu Yaobang was born into a poor peasant family, and received little formal education.

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Once Mao was removed from power, shortly before the beginning of the Fourth Encirclement Campaign, Mao's supporters were persecuted, and Hu Yaobang was sentenced to death.

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Hu Yaobang was seriously wounded in the battle of Mount Lu, near Zunyi, close to the area where Mao Zedong rose back to power via the Zunyi Conference.

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Mao personally welcomed these returning communists, and Hu Yaobang returned to communist forces, where he would remain for rest of his life.

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Hu Yaobang's rise to power was engineered by Deng Xiaoping, and Hu rose to the highest levels of the Party after Deng displaced Hua Guofeng as China's "paramount leader".

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Hu Yaobang was in favor of a pragmatic policy in the Tibet Autonomous Region after realising the mistakes of previous policies.

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Hu Yaobang ordered the withdrawal of thousands of Han Chinese cadres from the Tibet Autonomous Region following a May 1980 visit to the region, believing that Tibetans and Uyghurs should be empowered to administer their own affairs.

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Hu Yaobang declared to cancel Bingtuan in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

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Hu Yaobang was one of the first Chinese officials to abandon wearing a Mao suit in favor of Western business suits.

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Hu Yaobang's support was partially responsible for Hu Jintao's rapid promotion during the 1980s.

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Some observers noted that Hu Yaobang's rehabilitation made it more likely that the Party would be willing to re-evaluate the 1989 Tiananmen protests, but other observers expressed skepticism.