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Li Peng is ill By Boxun Aug 20, 2008 - 9:07:53 PM Source told Boxun that Li Peng is sick and may die soon. Li Peng was one of the top leaders who directed Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989. Both his son and daughter are CEOs of China Power companies. Recently, his son became vice-governor of ShanXi Province. Boxun reported that Li Peng pressed current leaders to promote his son to be the leaders of next generation.

'Deng backed Tiananmen massacre' Former premier Li, who has long been blamed for the 1989 bloodshed, says it was Deng who decided to send in troops HONG KONG - China's late paramount leader Deng Xiaoping 'resolutely backed' the Tiananmen Square massacre 15 years ago, former premier Li Peng has said in a rare commentary on the bloody incident he has long been blamed for. Mr Li was premier when Chinese soldiers were ordered into Tiananmen Square in Beijing to quell a month-long rally by students demanding more democracy in communist China. Advertisement He bore the brunt of the blame for...