Zhao Ziyang's death

Zhao Ziyang's death. He was the former Party Chief, but he lost his power after the Tiananmen incident, and has been home imprisoned since then.

Chinese administation's decisions:
- No state funeral, just simple ones.
- Restrict number of mourners
- State media stood out
- Buried in senior officicals' cemetary

The reasons are the fear of:
- Political crisis caused by his sympathies
- Protests in public, as in past deaths

What he did
- Opposed to the use of force in Tiananmen Square
--> Ripped from Party Chief position and house arrest

His achievements:
- Economic reform in China
- Embraced democracy

Chinese society today:
- Secularisation: Less attention to politics, more on material welfare
- Richer --> Demand for stability
- Accepted explanation of the government for the Tiananmen Tragedy
- Unity of top leadership: In the past:
Capitalism - Socialism
Pro - reform - Anti - reform