What is the signification of the photo in the link and its role in China today

Question

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/04/Zhao.jpg

I've seen this photo several times and only through a BBC report did I make the link.

Answer 1

Zhao Ziyang and Wen Jiabao

Answer 2

Zhao Ziyang, former leader.

The man behind Zhao is Wen Jiabao.

Answer 3

Well it's Zhao Ziyang at Tiananmen Square during the protests of 1989. He was sympathetic towards the students in the protests. Soon after he did so, he was put under house arrest, which lasted for fifteen years (until his death). I'm not certain about the role in China today, but it is a demonstration of a government person turning against the government, and the consequences of his actions.

Answer 4

it shows Chinese are conscientious and endurable. It is a photo of working.

Answer 5

... according to wikipedia -

"Wen Jiabao is the only Director of the Party's General Office to have served under three general secretaries: Hu Yaobang, Zhao Ziyang, and Jiang Zemin[2]. A political survivor, his most significant recovery was after 1989, when Wen was the head assistant to General Secretary Zhao Ziyang. He accompanied Zhao to see demonstrating students in Tiananmen Square. Zhao was purged from the party days later for "grave insubordination" and lived under house arrest in Beijing until his death in January 2005. Unlike his mentor, Wen was able to politically survive the aftermath of the demonstrations.

During a political career dating back to 1965, Wen has built a network of patrons. During that time Wen, a strong administrator and technocrat, has earned a reputation for meticulousness, competence, and a focus on tangible results. Outgoing Premier Zhu Rongji showed his esteem for Wen by entrusting him, from 1998, with the task of overseeing agricultural, financial and environmental policies, considered crucial as China prepared to enter the World Trade Organization. Wen served as Secretary of the Central Financial Work Commission from 1998 to 2002."....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wen_Jiabao