West Four Houses (Beijing)

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(Chinese: 西四所) These four houses were built as part of the western wing of the Huairen Hall complex. After the end of the Beiyang government these buildings were acquired by the Peking Institute of Historic Research. After 1949 several communist party leaders lived in these buildings including Deng Xiaoping, Li Fuchun, Chen Yi and Tan Zhenlin. During his Paramount Leadership, Deng Xiaoping used his home as a meeting place for informal conferences that would include members of the Central Advisory Commission, the Politburo, the Secretariat and the party elders. It was in Deng's home that the decision was made to use force against the demonstrators during the 1989 Tiananmen Square Protests.
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Coordinates:   39°54'56"N   116°22'37"E
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