Former Chinese premier Li Peng dies at 90

Updated July 23 2019 - 10:38pm, first published 10:33pm
Former Chinese Premier Li Peng has died aged 90.
Former Chinese Premier Li Peng has died aged 90.

Former Chinese Premier Li Peng, reviled by rights activists and many in the Chinese capital as the "Butcher of Beijing" for his role in the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, has died, state media reports.

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