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Deng Xiaoping 邓小平 The paramount leader who redirected China through reform and opening Political and party leadership · People’s Republic of China 1904–1997
Hu Yaobang 胡耀邦 The reformist general secretary who rehabilitated the Cultural Revolution’s victims and freed thought; his death sparked the 1989 protests Political and party leadership · People’s Republic of China 1915–1989
Zhao Ziyang 赵紫阳 From Sichuan’s farm reforms to general secretary, the reformer who opposed martial law in 1989 and died under house arrest Political and party leadership · People’s Republic of China 1919–2005
Hua Guofeng 华国锋 Mao’s designated successor — “With you in charge, I am at ease” — who arrested the Gang of Four and was eased out by Deng Xiaoping Political and party leadership · People’s Republic of China 1921–2008
Jiang Zemin 江泽民 The “core” plucked from Shanghai in 1989 who led post-Tiananmen China into the market economy and the “Three Represents” Political and party leadership · People’s Republic of China 1926–2022