Zhao Ziyang, former leader of the Chinese Communist Party who was ousted for sympathizing with student activists at Tiananmen Square has died:
Zhao died today of “numerous respiratory and heart ailments,” China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency said in a statement on its Web site. He had four sons and a daughter.
He was a rather important man, especially now that China is becoming more democratic (slowly but surely).
“Zhao was a symbol of China’s political change and transition from communism to democracy,” said Wu Guoguang, an associate professor at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, who wrote speeches for Zhao.
Interesting man if you read about him or if you’re interested in where China is headed.
Read: Bloomberg
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