(1915–1989), Chinese Communist Party reformer in the 1980s. Born in Hunan Province into a peasant family in 1915, Hu Yaobang joined the Red Army and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and was included in the 1934–1935 Long March. His...

Hu Yaobang (Chinese: 胡耀邦 Pinyin: Hú Yàobāng, Wade-Giles: Hu Yao-pang; November 20, 1915–April 15, 1989) was a leader of the People's Republic of China. A prominent reformer, his death in 1989 triggered a series of events which eventually...

Hu's Not on First The ouster of Chinese party boss Hu Yaobanghas been portrayed by most Western analysts as a victory for conservatives over reformers. The hard-liners, the Sinologists theorize, regarded the spreading student demonstrations as bourgeois liberalism and blamed Hu's "let...

Two leading Chinese officials publicly criticized ousted Communist Party chief Hu Yaobang today as "weak and ineffective." In a press conference, Vice Premiers Yao Yilin and Li Peng blamed Hu for allowing student prodemocracy demonstrations to spread last December and for failing to...

A protester jailed after the 1989 Tiananmen protests has been released while another activist who was jailed and freed years ago for his role in the pro-democracy uprising has been detained again, a human rights watchdog said Sunday.Sun Hong, 36, was released from jail on...

Today is Friday, June 29, the 180th day of 2007. There are 185 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On June 29, 1776, the Virginia state constitution was adopted, and Patrick Henry made governor.On this date:In 1767, the British Parliament approved the Townshend Acts,...