FILE - In this Jan. 11, 1984 file photo, China's Premier Zhao Ziyang smiles at a reception when he shakes hands with Vice President George Bush in Washington. At the height of the student-led democracy movement in 1989, party chief Zhao went to Tiananmen Square on May 19 and tearfully appealed to student hunger strikers to go home, saying “I came too late.” The next day, the government declared martial law and Zhao disappeared. After the June 3-4 military crackdown on protesters, speculation was rife that Zhao had been stripped of power. His fate became known more than a month later, when the party fired him. Purged for supporting the demonstrations, Zhao lived in Beijing under house arrest until his death in 2005. He was occasionally spotted playing golf in the suburbs and touring the provinces, though state media never reported on him. (AP Photo/File)