It’s #TaxDay in the #UnitedStates , but @wikipedia tells us that it is also the day that reforming General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party #HuYaobang died and ‘party elders’ in #China tried to erase his legacy, leading 100,000 students to march at #TiananmenSquare in his memory. The […]
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#1989may4 - #1989june4 #TiananmenSquare is occupied by students who seem to support reforms of #HuYaobang who died earlier that year.
As #MI6 & #CIA paid agents under #GeneSharp playbook infiltrate and begin pushing to overthrow the CPC, it became a #CIAcolorrevolution.
Why is #XiJinping “canonizing” #HuYaobang now?🏛️
Emanuele Rossi writes that Xi Jinping is selectively reclaiming his legacy:
☑️ incorruptibility, obedience, “reform under discipline.”
🚫 political liberalization, decentralization, tolerance for dissent.
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#OTD In 1989, former CCP General Secretary Hu Yaobang, who supported reforms, passed away. His death, along with the subsequent spontaneous memorial activities by the public, became the spark that ignited the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. #HuYaobang
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For the ever-lengthening to-read list: a new deep dive into #China #HuYaobang.
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