According to a 2004 report of the Sing Tao Daily, a pro-Beijing newspaper in Hong Kong, Deng Xiaoping was almost assassinated in the Xijiao Hotel in Shanghai in February 1988 by "Neo-Maoists". When the assassination attempt took place, Chen Yun and President Yang Shangkun were both with Deng. What if all three of them were killed in the assassination attempt?
Would Zhao Ziyang take control, given that he was the First Deputy Chairman of the Central Military Commission, with the support of military personnels like Defense Minister Qin Jiwei and General Zhang Aiping? Or would someone else coming from the elders assume power in a coup? What would be the consequences?
Would Zhao Ziyang take control, given that he was the First Deputy Chairman of the Central Military Commission, with the support of military personnels like Defense Minister Qin Jiwei and General Zhang Aiping? Or would someone else coming from the elders assume power in a coup? What would be the consequences?