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chao tzu-yang

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Chao Tzu-yang   (jou' dzōō-yäng')   
See Zhao Ziyang.
Zhao Zi·yang   (jou' dzē-yäng')   
Chinese politician. Purged from the Communist Party in the Cultural Revolution, he was reinstated (1971), served as premier (1980-1987), and was appointed general secretary of the Communist Party (1987). He was dismissed in 1989 for showing support for pro-democracy demonstrators.
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