Hu Yaobang

[ hy you-bahng ]

noun

1. 1915–89, Chinese Communist leader: general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party 1981–87.

Hu Yaobang

/ xuː jaʊˈbɑːŋ /

noun

1. Hu Yaobang19151989MChinesePOLITICS: statesman 1915–89, Chinese statesman; leader of the Chinese Communist Party (1981–87)

Example Sentences

It had been set off by the death of the reformist leader Hu Yaobang - and it ended with a bloody military crackdown that killed hundreds or, by some estimates, thousands.

From BBC

The death of a leader in China can usher in big changes, it did after Mao Zedong, or can lead to political upheaval, like it did when grieving for Hu Yaobang morphed into the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests.

From BBC

Studying law at Peking University, he was the campus secretary of the ruling party’s Communist Youth League, an organization that launched the political careers of former party leaders Hu Jintao and Hu Yaobang.

From Seattle Times

April 15, 1989: A leading reformer and former Communist Party chief Hu Yaobang, dies.

From Reuters

But it was the death of Hu Yaobang, a party leader who pushed for democratic reforms before his forced resignation, that sparked mass gatherings across the country.

From Los Angeles Times