What is Xu Jiatun?
{{Infobox officeholder |name=Xu Jiatun |native_name = {{nobold|许家屯}} |native_name_lang = zh |office1=[[Communist Party Secretary]] of the [[Jiangsu]] |term_start1=1977 |term_end1=1983 |predecessor1=[[Peng Chong]] |successor1=[[Han Peixin]] |office2=[[Governor of Jiangsu]] |term_start2=1977 |term_end2=1979 |predecessor2=[[Peng Chong]] |successor2=[[Hui Yuyu]] |office3=Director of the Hong Kong Branch of the [[New China News Agency]] |term_start3=1983 |term_end3=1990 |predecessor3=[[Wang Kuang]] |successor3=[[Zhou Nan]] |birth_date={{Birth date|1916|3|10|df=y}} |birth_place= [[Rugao]], [[Nantong]], Jiangsu, China |death_date={{death date and age|2016|6|29|1916|3|10|df=y}} |death_place=[[Los Angeles]], California, [[United States]] |nationality= |spouse= |party=[[Communist Party of China]] {{small|(until 1991)}} |occupation=Politician }} '''Xu Jiatun''' ({{zh|s=许家屯}}; 10 March 1916 – 29 June 2016) was a [[Chinese people|Chinese]] [[communist]] politician and dissident. He was the [[Chinese Communist Party]] secretary of [[Jiangsu Province]] from 1977 to 1983 and the [[Governor of Jiangsu]] from 1977 to 1979. After supporting the 1989 [[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989|Tiananmen Square student protests]], he left the country and lived in self-exile in the [[United States]]. Xu died in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]] on 29 June 2016 at the age of 100.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1269521-20160629.htm | title=Xu Jiatun dies at the age of 100 |publisher=[[RTHK]] |date=29 June 2016}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:1916 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Chinese centenarians]] [[Category:Chinese communist politicians]] [[Category:Politicians from Jiangsu]] {{bio-stub}}