Former hard-line Chinese leader Li Peng dies at 91

Jul 23, 2019 – 9.58pm

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Beijing | Li Peng, a former hard-line Chinese premier best known for announcing martial law during the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests, has died. He was 91.

The official Xinhua News Agency said that Mr Li died Monday of an unspecified illness.

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