Topic: Li Peng

Former China PM's Tiananmen diary on sale in US

Former Chinese prime minister Li Peng's purported diary covering events in Tiananmen Square in 1989 is being sold in Los Angeles bookstores after publication of the controversial memoirs was cancelled in Hong Kong, a report said Thursday.Zheng Cunzhu, a student ...
The publisher of former Chinese premier Li Peng's purported diary said Tuesday that it was moral rather than legal concerns that drove him to halt the release of the highly anticipated book.Bao Pu, head of Hong Kong-based New Century Press ...
Memoir allegedly penned by Tiananmen-era leader says soldiers fired in self-defense in 1989A memoir purportedly written by China's hardline premier at the time of the Tiananmen Square democracy crackdown in 1989 defends the military suppression, saying soldiers acted in self-defense when ...

"Butcher of Beijing's" son to get promotion: sources

<div><p>BEIJING (Reuters) - Li Xiaopeng, whose father former Chinese premier Li Peng is reviled by many as the "Butcher of Beijing" for his role in the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, will be promoted to a ministerial position, two sources said.</p ...