The Conscience of the Party: Hu Yaobang, China's Communist Reformer
Автор: Weatherhead East Asian Institute
Загружено: 2024-11-26
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November 20, 2024 — "The Conscience of the Party" is the comprehensive, authoritative biography of the Chinese Communist Party’s most avid reformer and its general secretary for a key stretch of the 1980s. A supremely intelligent leader with an exceptional populist touch, Hu Yaobang’s principled ideas made him powerful enemies, and during the Cultural Revolution he was purged, brutally beaten, and consigned to forced labor. After Mao’s death, Hu rose again as an ally of Deng Xiaoping, eventually securing the party’s top position, where Hu pursued both economic and political reforms with vigor. Alarmed by Hu’s growing popularity and political agenda, Deng had him purged in 1987. Robert L. Suettinger meticulously reconstructs Hu’s life, describing a decent man operating in a system that did not always reward decency, who suffered for his principles but inspired millions in the process.
Speaker: Robert L. Suettinger, historian, retired intelligence officer
Moderator: Andrew J. Nathan, Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Columbia University
Hosted by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute and co-sponsored by China and the World Program.
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