Bao Tong
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"Bao Tong" was former Director of the Office of Political Reform of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China/Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Policy Secretary of Zhao Ziyang, Chinese Premier from 1980 to 1987 and CPC General Secretary from 1987 to 1989. He was also Director of the Drafting Committee for the CPC 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of China/Party Congresses, known for its strong support for market reform and opening up under Deng Xiaoping. Prior to this, he was a committee member and then Deputy Director of the Chinese State Commission for Economic Reform.

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It will make them reconsider how this incident happened, what kind of problem it was, what kind of society China's is, what kind of system we work under, what procedures and systems are used in Chinese decision-making, how did Tiananmen happen and how can we avoid a recurrence? ... Everyone will be bound to consider these questions.

[In the statement, the only] mistake ... severe error of not siding with the party central authorities.

The editorial was written in a very harsh tone, ... It did not adequately present reasons and it lacked analysis.

In the leadership today -- with the exception of one person -- none of today's leaders are responsible for what happened.

It's possible some people will be scared and therefore say `politics cannot be reformed, news must continue to be blocked off, rights must be stripped away to an even greater extent.

If today he (Li) could acknowledge his mistake, I believe the people would be happy.