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Which prominent Chinese political leader's death on April 15, 1989 sparked the Tiananmen Square protests?
Answer
Hu Yaobang
Hu Yaobang, the former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, died of a heart attack on April 15, 1989. Students gathered to mourn him, and this spontaneous gathering evolved into the broader Tiananmen Square protests that lasted until June 1989.
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The Berlin Wall's collapse symbolized freedom's triumph over oppression, with ordinary citizens breaking through concrete to reunite families and nations.
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- Deng Xiaoping
- Jiang Zemin
- Li Peng
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- 1989
- Tiananmen Square
- China
- April
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