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Yang Shangkun (3 August 1907 – 14 September 1998) was a Chinese Communist military and political leader, president of the People's Republic of China from 1988 to 1993, and one of the Eight Elders that dominated the party after the death of Mao Zedong.
Sep 15, 1998 · Yang Shangkun, a former President of China and the military leader who orchestrated the crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in 1989 on Tiananmen Square, died early today, the Chinese...
Oct 1, 1998 · Yang Shangkun, a Chinese “immortal”, died on September 14th, aged 91. Oct 1st 1998. IN CHINESE mythology, the eight Immortals were born human but now live on Penglai Shan, an...
Yang Shangkun. Born in Sichuan province in 1907, Yang Shangkun joined the Communist Youth League in 1925 and the Communist Party of China in 1926, and took part in the student movement in Sichuan and Shanghai in that period. From 1927 to 1930, he studied at Sun Yat-sen University in Moscow.
Sep 14, 1998 · Overnight, Yang Shangkun became perhaps the most hated man in China. He had performed the ultimate act of loyalty - when Deng said open fire he obeyed.
Yang Shangkun was a close ally of Deng Xiaoping and served as president of China from 1988 to 1993. He played a key role in the Tiananmen crackdown and was ousted by Jiang Zemin in 1992.
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Sep 15, 1998 · Former Chinese President Yang Shangkun, a once-powerful army general purged earlier this decade by the late Deng Xiaoping, died Monday in Beijing at 91, state media reported.
