Hu Jintao's Visit to Hu Yaobang Highlights Internal Conflict
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April 15 commemorates the 25th anniversary of former
Chinese Communist Party secretary Hu Yaobang's death.
After overcoming some challenges, the Hu Yaobang
Research Association successfully held a forum honoring Hu.
Hu Jintao and the Hunan Provincial Party Secretary
visited Hu Yaobang's residence and his museum last Friday.
Beijing political commentators say Hu Jintao's visit to
was on behalf of Xi Jinping in order to win people over
and ease tensions before the June 4th anniversary.
However, all media coverage has been deleted,
which shows that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
treats the Hu Yaobang issue with hypocrisy.
Hong Kong's Ming Pao reports that journalists who tried to enter
Hu Yaobang's Beijing home yesterday were dismissed by police.
Only family friends were allowed to enter.
Hu Yaobang's wife Li Zhao and eldest son Hu Deping
stayed inside to meet visitors.
In addition, a commemoratory forum for Hu Yaobang
has encountered interference, but was held successfully.
Independent scholar Gao Yu attended the meeting.
Gao says that the evening before the meeting,
police told her not to go.
However, she still went.
Bao Tong, former secretary of Zhao Ziyang
couldn't join the meeting.
He told NTD that the police requested that he lay low
before June 4.
Du Guang, former Central Party School Deputy Director,
did attend the forum.
Du says that the regime didn't completely prohibit
events commemorating Hu Yaobang.
However, only the events held by the regime are deemed legal.
For example, for Hu Yaobang's 90 birthday anniversary in 2005,
the central CCP held a grand commemoratory event.
Nevertheless, if it is civilian organized,
it will be connected to many sensitive issues.
The major problem is that it links with
the June 4th Tiananmen Square incident.
In early years, Hu's death triggered a massive student protest.
Du Guang says that Hu Yaobang and Zhao Ziyang's era
was an open and democratic time.
At that time, the educated young students longed for
freedom and democracy.
Thus Hu's sudden death caused students protest
of anti-corruption, and calls for political reform.
Du Guang: The regime likely believes that Hu's death
triggered a struggle between democracy and dictatorship.
It caused bloodshed incident.
The CCP still neither wants to face up to the reason behind the
bloodshed, nor explain it, let alone apologize.
So, if Hu Yaobang is given a high-level treatment as a leader,
it will link with June 4 issue, which they don't want to touch.
Gao Yu, former chief editor at China Economic Weekly
participated in the June 4th protest in 1989 and was arrested.
Gao Yu: It was because of this that Hu was demoted
from being General Secretary to being member of politburo.
Thus it upset a lot of people,
and a great movement took place after his death.
So even now, anything linked with Hu Yaobang and
June 4th are sensitive issues.
Thus the regime's wish to control and 'maintain stability'
includes the controlling the Hu Yaobang issue.
Former leader Hu Jintao went to Liuyang, Hunan Province,
visiting Hu Yaobang's residence.
In the museum, he bowed to Hu Yaobang's statue.
Gao Yu says that Hu Jintao's visit to Hu Yaobang's residence
was arranged by the central regime on behalf of Xi Jinping.
Gao says that being a former general secretary of the party,
the central office arranges wherever Hu Jintao goes.
One of the reasons is that as June 4th approaches,
the regime hopes to pacify social tension.
In addition, a grand commemoratory event was held
for Hu Yaobang in 2005, during Hu Jintao's tenure.
At that time, he wanted to improve his legitimacy via the event.
Gao Yu: Now is the same, Hu Yaobang's influence still exists.
It is a positive influence, not CCP's negative influence.
Thus letting Hu Jintao commemorate Hu Yaobang is used
in order to increase the CCP's legitimacy
and show an image of reform.
Strangely, all news coverage about Hu Jintao visiting
Hu Yaobang's residence has been deleted.
Du Guang: Because when Hu Yaobang was in charge,
he essentially pursued a way of democracy.
This is incompatible with dictatorship.
Thus, affirming Hu Yaobang involves the issue of moving
towards democracy or keeping dictatorship.
It is a major issue of principle.
Gao Yu says that Hu Yaobang was an important leader in
China's reform and opening up.
Gao says Hu headed the vindication of miscarriages of justice
and discussion of truth standards after the Cultural Revolution,
and that without the two, the reforms wouldn't have taken place.
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What signal can be seen from Hu Jintao's visiting former home of Hu Yaobang?
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Recently, the former Chinese Communist Party(CCP) Head
Hu Jintao went to Liuyang City of Hunan Province to
visit another former CCP Head Hu Yaobang's former home.
At the time of the death anniversary of Hu Yaobang
on April 15 and 25th year of Tian'Anmen Square Massacre
on June 4th,what sort of signal is unleashed by Hu Jintao's trip?
Hu Jintao's activities have been rarely publicly reported
since he retired. But recently, the situation has been changed:
on April 9, he visited the Yuelu Academy located
inside Hunan University.
on April 11 morning, accompanied by the CCP Head
of Hunan Province and officials of other levels, he visited
Hu Yaobang's former residence and the exhibition hall.
During the visit, Hu Jintao bowed
to Hu Yaobang's bronze statue.
Hu Yaobang was one of the key leaders of the CCP in 1980s
and the specific executant of rectifying the unjust , false
and erroneous cases in early times.
In 1987, he was accused of ineffectively opposing
the bourgeois liberalization and then forced to resign
by conservative elders of the CCP.
On April 15 of 1989, Hu Yaobang died of disease.
Several tens of thousands of students mourned him
in Tian'Anmen Square, which later evolved into the
world-stunning Democratic Movement in 1989
till the out-break of the June 4th Holocaust.
After June 4th Incident, the CCP Authority did not
give open evaluation on Hu Yaobang
including avoiding mentioning Hu Yaobang in political
and historical textbooks as much as possible.
Beijing senior media practitioner Gao Yu says,
the current CCP Head Xi Jinping should have been
aware of Hu Jintao's trip beforehand.
Gao Yu: Hu Jintao's trip was arranged
by the Office of Central Committee of CCP
and this is not his personal action.
You may note Hu Jintao was accompanied
by the CCP Head of Hunan Province,
the local county's CCP Head and other local heads.
In addition, there was a secret service security guard.
It is not long before Gao Yu published the article
How 'Master Kang' becomes 'breakwater'?
on Radio Free Asia.
The article says, the former CCP's law-and-order chief
Zhou Yongkang is not only shielded by the Former CCP Head
Jiang Zemin, but also a united guard from the retired
former allied standing committee members of politburo
including Jia Qinglin, Li Changchun and Wu Bangguo.
Cable TV Hong Kong cited quotes from Beijing scholar
Zhang Lifan, Beijing high level deferred the publication
of the news of attacking Big Tiger, and the exposure of the
corruption case of military high level official Gu Junshan.
In view of these, Hu Jintao's turn-up is just
injecting cardiotonic needle for
encouraging Xi Jinping to 'Attack Tiger'.
Zhang Lifan says, the action of Xi Jinping's Attacking Tiger
will probably continue, and this upsets
the elders of the CCP, so Xi urgently needs support.
Gao Yu thinks, Hu Jintao is not power-mad like Jiang Zemin,
so he transferred all powers completely to Xi Jinping.
Gao Yu points out, Hu Jintao has the right of speech
but gives very few. Such a visit is to show
a sort of political attitude,
which supports Xi Jinping's anti-corruption.
Gao Yu: Since June 4th incident, during Jiang Zemin's time,
the corruption inside the CCP was very prevalent
and a bigshot class formed.
As a CCP Head, he is responsible for the cases of
Zhou Yongkang and Bo Xilai.
Originally, he had no political background supporters.
He becomes the CCP Head and this is due to a word
released by Deng Xiaoping. He was also constrained
by all sorts of power including the CCP's power
and the rights of Jiang Zemin.
Gao Yu says, Hu Jintao's civilian background has been
contained by the CCP institution and his political orders
cannot go beyond Zhongnanhai.
So the corruption of the CCP
during his term becomes more severe.
The recent investigation of the CCP on Zhou Yongkang
shows: Zhou Yongkang's family has a wealth of
at least 90 billion RMB including 37 billion in bank accounts,
overseas bonds with a vaue of 51 billion RMB,
apartments and villas with a value of 1.7 billion,
1 billion in antiques and ancient calligraphy
and paintings, and 60 cars.
Zelin, who has been in China for 20 years and is a DW's Columnist,
says that Xi Jinping attacking Zhou Yongkang triggered
a forbidden area.
Because the role of politburo's standing committee
member is a very powerful one for Zhou Yongkang at that time.
He was also responsible for internal security.
So to attack that tiger is very dangerous.
Beijing political observer Hua Po says, the trip of Hu Jintao
visiting Hu Yaobang's former residence is not only
for standing by Xi Jinping, but also for releasing
the signal of the alliance among the Communist Youth
League (CYL) faction, freedom faction and Princelings.
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Hu Yaobang
Hu Yaobang
2:16 Part 1: Early years
2:23 Chapter 1: Young revolutionary
7:16 Chapter 2: Early -Pee-Ar-Sea- politician
10:17 Part 2: Reformer
10:23 Chapter 1: Public policies
13:54 Chapter 2: Controversial political opinions
17:19 Chapter 3: ʼResignationʼ
20:07 Part 3: Death, protests, and burial
20:16 Chapter 1: Death and public reactions
23:29 Chapter 2: Tomb
25:00 Part 4: Official censorship and rehabilitation
25:08 Chapter 1: Media censorship
26:05 Chapter 2: Official rehabilitation
29:09 Chapter 3: In the media after 2005
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The name Hunan means south of Lake Dongting, a lake in the northeast of the province; Hu means lake while nan means south. Vehicle license plates from Hunan are marked Xiāng (Chinese: 湘), after the Xiang River, which runs from south to north through Hunan and forms part of the largest drainage system for the province. Its capital and largest city is Changsha, which also abuts the Xiang River.