Purged Chinese leader Zhao Ziyang dies
Zhao Ziyang, who was ousted as China's Communist Party leader after sympathising with the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests and became a symbol of the era's shattered hopes, died yesterday after 15 years under house arrest. He was 85.
The cause of death wasn't immediately announced, but the official Xinhua News Agency said Zhao suffered from multiple respiratory and cardiovascular ailments and died at a Beijing hospital "after failing to respond to all emergency treatment."
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