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Li's interest in the Dam reflected his earlier career as a hydraulic engineer, and he spent much of his career in office in presiding over a vast and growing power industry. At this time Li Peng considered himself to be a builder and a modernizer. On August 22, 2000, Li was in New York for a UN meeting. [23]
Jul 23, 2019 · Li Peng, the former Chinese premier derided as the stone-faced “butcher of Beijing” for his role in the bloody crackdown on the Tiananmen Square democracy movement in 1989, died on Monday in ...
Jul 24, 2019 · SINGAPORE - Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has written to Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday (July 24) to convey his condolences on the passing of former Premier Li Peng.
Jul 23, 2019 · Former Chinese Premier Li Peng, who ordered martial law during the 1989 Tiananmen protests, has died at the age of 90, state media have announced.
Jul 23, 2019 · BEIJING (REUTERS) – Former Chinese Premier Li Peng, known for his role in the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, has died, state media reported on Tuesday (July 23). Read more at straitstimes.com.
Li Peng, premier of China (1988-98) and chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (1998-2003). Despite Li’s success in managing the economy, he remained unpopular with a large segment of the Chinese people due to his role in the violent suppression of the Tiananmen demonstrations in 1989.
Jul 23, 2019 · Li Peng was best known for overseeing a bloody suppression of pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square in 1989.
Jul 23, 2019 · Li Peng, the Chinese leader most associated with the bloody suppression of the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989, has died aged 90. Li declared martial law in Beijing after demonstrations by ...
Jul 23, 2019 · Former Chinese Premier Li Peng, reviled by rights activists and many in the Chinese capital as the "Butcher of Beijing" for his role in the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, has died, state...
Jul 24, 2019 · Li Peng, the former Chinese Premier remembered for his role in the brutal military suppression of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protesters, has died aged 91, according to state-run media.
