translate English to German: For example, Hu has decided to honor the memory of his mentor, former General Secretary Hu Yaobang, in order to burnish his aura as a reformist.
So entschied sich Hu, das Andenken seines Mentors, des früheren Generalsekretärs Hu Yaobang, zu ehren, um seine Aura als Reformer aufzupolieren.