NYT WORLD: Jiang Zemin, Leader Who Guided China Into Global Market, Dies at 96
By Chris Buckley and Michael Wines
Section: World
Source: New York Times
Published Date: November 30, 2022 at 02:00AM
Mr. Jiang, a wily and garrulous politician, presided over a decade of meteoric economic growth in the post-Tiananmen era.
By Chris Buckley and Michael Wines
Section: World
Source: New York Times
Published Date: November 30, 2022 at 02:00AM
Mr. Jiang, a wily and garrulous politician, presided over a decade of meteoric economic growth in the post-Tiananmen era.
Jiang Zemin, the Shanghai Communist kingpin who was handpicked to lead China after the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and presided over a decade of meteoric economic growth, died on Wednesday in Shanghai. He was 96.
A Communist Party announcement issued by Chinese state media said the cause was leukemia and multiple organ failure.
His death and the memorial ceremonies to follow come at a delicate moment in China, where the ruling party is confronting a wave of widespread protests against its pandemic controls, a nationwide surge of political opposition unseen since the Tiananmen movement of Mr. Jiang’s time.
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A Communist Party announcement issued by Chinese state media said the cause was leukemia and multiple organ failure.
His death and the memorial ceremonies to follow come at a delicate moment in China, where the ruling party is confronting a wave of widespread protests against its pandemic controls, a nationwide surge of political opposition unseen since the Tiananmen movement of Mr. Jiang’s time.
Read more at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/30/world/asia/jiang-zemin-dead.html
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