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Article: Hu Resigns As Chinese Party Chief;Forced Move Seen Linked to Failure To Oppose Protests
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- The Washington Post
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- January 17, 1987
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China's second most powerful figure and the head of the world's
largest Communist Party, Hu Yaobang, was forced to resign at a
top-level party meeting today after he acknowledged making
"mistakes," the party announced.
A communique issued after an enlarged meeting of the party's
ruling Politburo said Premier Zhao Ziyang, a pragmatist and staunch
proponent of economic reform, would take over as acting general
secretary of the party.
"At the meeting, Comrade Hu Yaobang made a self-criticism of his
mistakes on major issues of political principles in violation of the
party's principle of collective leadership during his tenure," the
communique said.
Hu, 71, has been head of China's ...