FILE - In this Jan. 11,1984 file photo, then Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang smiles during a meeting with then U.S. Vice President George Bush at a reception in Washington. After succeeding Hu Yaobang as party general secretary, Zhao continued to advance popular economic reforms along with greater political transparency. After opposing the use of force against the 1989 student protests, Zhao disappeared from view and remained under house arrest in Beijing until his death in 2005. Despite his political exile and loss of freedom, Zhao was never charged with a crime or expelled from the party. (AP Photo/File)