Beijing, Jan 11, SPA -- Zhao Ziyang, who was purged as China'sCommunist Party leader following the 1989 Tiananmen Squarepro-democracy protests, is ill but in stable condition, thegovernment said Tuesday, denying a report that he had died. "Zhao Ziyang is an old man, more than 80 years old,"Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan said at a regularmedia briefing. "He fell ill a couple of days ago, but nowhis condition is stable. Some reported his death on theeighth of this month but this is totally not true."--SPA1452 Local Time 1152 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/231713