Editing Zhao Ziyang (section)

== External links ==
{{Wikiquote}}
* [http://wn.com/Zhao_Ziyang Video of Zhao's 19 May speech to Tiananmen protesters]
* Zhao Ziyang. ''[[Prisoner of the State: The Secret Journal of Premier Zhao Ziyang]]''. Trans & Ed. Bao Pu, Renee Chiang, and Adi Ignatius. New York: Simon and Schuster. 2009. {{ISBN|1-4391-4938-0}}.
* [http://www.rfi.fr/actuen/articles/113/article_3781.asp Pre-publication interview on Prisoner of the State with Bao Pu and excerpts from Zhao tapes] (Radio France Internationale in English)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070311191232/http://www.alliance.org.hk/prison/?lang=c&viewid=2487 Alliance Introduction] (profile by the democracy movement alliance; in Chinese)
* {{NYTtopic|people/z/zhao_ziyang}}
* [http://chinadigitaltimes.net/china/zhao-ziyang/ News collections about Zhao Ziyang] ([[China Digital Times]])
* {{lang|zh-cn|[https://web.archive.org/web/20050120022726/http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2005-01/17/content_2469579.htm 赵紫阳同志逝世] }}, [https://web.archive.org/web/20050119011313/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-01/17/content_2469618.htm Zhao Ziyang died at 85] (official Chinese news agency, [[Xinhua News Agency]])
* [http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/01/16/china.zhao/index.html China's Purged Chinese leader dies] ([[Cable News Network|CNN]])
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/2989335.stm Obituary: Zhao Ziyang] (BBC)
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4183101.stm Chinese media muted on Zhao death] (BBC)
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4181811.stm Online tributes to Zhao Ziyang] (BBC)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050117195554/http://www.time.com/time/asia/news/daily/0,9754,1018129,00.html The Prisoner of Conscience: Zhao Ziyang, 1919–2005] (''TIME'')
* [https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/17/international/asia/17zhao.html Chinese Leader Purged for Supporting Tiananmen Protesters Dies at 85] (''The New York Times'')
* [https://nytimes.com/2005/01/18/international/asia/18zhao.html China Gives Zhao's Death Scant Notice] (''The New York Times'')
* [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14368-2005Jan16.html Purged Chinese Leader Zhao Ziyang Dies at 85] (''[[The Washington Post]]'')
* [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16546-2005Jan17.html Zhao's Death Puts China in Quandary] (''The Washington Post'')
* [http://economist.com/agenda/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3574378 The man who came too late] (''[[The Economist]]'')
* [http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/63876/ Media Barred from Covering Death of Former Communist Leader] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060112204445/http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/63876/ |date=12 January 2006 }} (''[[International Freedom of Expression Exchange]]'')
* [https://archive.today/20090519051100/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article413600.ece Zhao Ziyang: The Times obituary] (The Times)
* [https://digital.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/corpus/ Corpus of Political Speeches] Free access to political speeches by Zhao Ziyang and other Chinese politicians, developed by Hong Kong Baptist University Library

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