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James Chao Meets CCP General Secretary Jiang Zemin in Zhongnanhai

1989.08 ·Reported ·Importance IV ·Sources 2 ·Beijing

Two months after the June Fourth Incident, James Chao met Jiang Zemin in Zhongnanhai, one of the earliest publicly recorded meetings between the Chao family and China's top leader.

The Ministry of Gas Industry of the Soviet Union Reorganized into a Corporate Group

1989.08 ·Verified ·Importance III ·Sources 3 ·Soviet Union

The Ministry of Gas Industry of the Soviet Union was reorganized as a whole into a corporate group. Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin made a glamorous transformation into a boss, and the ministry turned both its personnel and assets entirely into a company.

East German General Secretary Krenz Visits China in August 1989, Meeting Li Peng and Deng Xiaoping

1989.08 ·Reported ·Importance III ·Sources 2 ·Beijing, China

According to Yu Maochun, in August 1989, two months after the June Fourth incident, East Germany's new General Secretary Krenz visited China and shook hands with Li Peng and Deng Xiaoping, a move that further inflamed the resistance sentiment of the East German people.