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When did Hu Yaobang die?

  • 15 April 1989

  • 6 March 1989

  • 23 June 1989

  • 27 April 1989

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Hu Yaobang, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, died on 15 April 1989. His death sparked the Tiananmen Square protests, a series of mass demonstrations in Beijing. The Chinese government responded to the protests with military force, resulting in numerous casualties. The demonstrations are widely considered a watershed moment in modern Chinese history.
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