What is Zhao Ziyang?
{{Infobox officeholder |honorific-prefix = [[His Excellency]] |name={{raise|0.2em|Zhao Ziyang}} |native_name = {{lower|0.1em|{{nobold|{{lang|zh-hans|赵紫阳}}}}}} |image=Zhao Ziyang (1985).jpg |imagesize= |caption=Zhao Ziyang in 1985 |nationality=Chinese |office=[[General Secretary of the Communist Party of China|General Secretary]] of the [[Central Committee of the Communist Party of China|Central Committee]] of the [[Communist Party of China]] |term_start=1 November 1987 |term_end=23 June 1989<br />{{small|acting from 16 January 1987}} |president=[[Li Xiannian]]<br>[[Yang Shangkun]] |premier=[[Li Peng]] |predecessor=[[Hu Yaobang]] |successor=[[Jiang Zemin]] |order1=[[List of premiers of the People's Republic of China|Premier of the People's Republic of China]] |president1=Post abolished<br>[[Li Xiannian]] |term_start1=10 September 1980 |term_end1=24 November 1987 |deputy1=[[Deng Xiaoping]]<br>[[Wan Li]] |predecessor1=[[Hua Guofeng]] |successor1=[[Li Peng]] |birth_date={{birth date|1919|10|17|df=y}} |birth_place= [[Hua County, Henan]] |death_date={{death date and age|2005|1|17|1919|10|17|df=y}} |death_place= [[Beijing]], [[China|People's Republic of China]] |death_cause= [[Stroke]] |spouse=Liang Boqi(1918–2013) |children=Zhao Daijun (eldest son)<br>Zhao Erjun (second son)<br>Zhao Sanjun (third son)<br>Zhao Sijun (fourth son)<br>Zhao Liang (daughter)<br>Zhao Wujun (fifth son) |party=[[Communist Party of China]] }} '''Zhao Ziyang''' was a high-ranking politician in [[China]]. He was the [[Premier of the People's Republic of China]] from 1980 to 1987, [[Vice Chairman of the Communist Party of China]] from 1981 to 1982 and [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of China]] from 1987 to 1989. Zhao did not like [[Maoist]] policies. He received support from [[Deng Xiaoping]] after the [[Cultural Revolution]]. Zhao tried to stop [[corruption]] and to make general [[market economy|market economic]] changes. His views made him unpopular with important leaders including Premier [[Li Peng]], former President [[Li Xiannian