BBC: Chinese reformer Zhao Ziyang dies

Chinese reformer Zhao Ziyang, who was removed from office and placed under house arrest after opposing the use of force against the Tienanmen Square demonstrators in 1989, has died after suffering a series of strokes:

High-profile dissident Wang Dan, who helped lead the Tiananmen protests, said Zhao represented "Chinese Communist Party members with a conscience".

He showed that "the Communist Party is a bad political organisation, but not every Communist Party member is a bad person", he said.

Zhao during the Tienanmen Square protests. The mortified-looking fellow to his right is Wen Jiabao, now Premier of China.

To this day, no one knows the identity of this brave man.