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Bao Tong appealed for the restoration of civil and political rights of Zhao Ziyang from 1998 until Zhao's death. He was instrumental to the publication in May 2009 of Zhao Ziyang's memoir, based on audiotapes that Zhao made secretly while under house arrest and discovered after his death in 2005. Bao Tong's son Bao Pu, and daughter-in-law Renee Chiang, published the book "Journey of Reform" () in Hong Kong and translated and edited (along with Adi Ignatius) an English version of this book entitled . Bao Tong wrote an introduction for the Chinese version.