Former Chinese Premier Li Peng died Monday at the age of 90.<br />One of the country's most influential but controversial political leaders,... Li is the only Chinese leader to have served both as the nation's premier and chairman of the national legislature.<br />While China's state-run Xinhua News Agency described Li's death as a great loss for the nation,... many human rights activists call him a (quote) "sinner,"... holding him responsible for the deadly crackdown on pro-democracy protesters at Tiananmen Square in 1989.<br />
