Zhao Ziyang

[jou zœ-yahng]

Zhao Zi·yang

[jou zœ-yahng]
noun
born 1919, Chinese Communist leader: premier 1980–87; general secretary of the Communist Party 1987–89.
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Zhao Ziyang

premier of China (1980-87) and general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (1987-89).

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