BEIJING (Reuters) - The most senior Chinese official jailed over the 1989 Tiananmen protests called on the Communist Party to use next week's national day celebrations to own up to past mistakes and say how many people died due to its misrule.
Bao Tong was once a political high-flyer, and as secretary to the Party's all-powerful Politburo Standing Committee held a rank equivalent to a cabinet minister.
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