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Resignation of Hu Yaobang

China · Government / Chinese Communist Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1987Date range
1Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1987

Hu Yaobang16 January 1987

Government / Chinese Communist Party

Resigns after accepting blame for policy mistakes in handling student demonstrations

Hu Yaobang1987

Government / Chinese Communist Party

Forced to resign for being tooo liberal

Names involved

Hu Yaobang

Provenance

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