According to this account, it was Ling Jihua (令計劃) who advised Hu Jintao to return to Lhasa and suppress the March, 1989 uprising "Only such a major event could bring about a turning point in Hu’s personal destiny." http://www.chinauncensored.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=497:excerpts-from-the-taiwan-crisis-banned-in-china-3&catid=52:banned-books&Itemid=111