Former Chinese president Jiang Zemin dies at 96

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State media say Jiang died from leukaemia and multiple organ failure in Shanghai

Jiang Zemin obituary

 

Emma Graham-Harrison

China’s former leader Jiang Zemin, who was elevated to the head of the Communist party as a loyalist during the Tiananmen protests and then presided over years of economic expansion, has died aged 96.

 

The cause of death was leukaemia and multiple organ failure, state media said. His life ended in a hospital in Shanghai, the city that was his power base, and has been the scene of recent protests against the government and its Covid controls.

 

Jiang’s death could hardly have come at a worse time for China’s current leader, Xi Jinping. There is a tradition in China of using public mourning gatherings for past leaders to express discontent with the current regime.

 

Full story: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/30/jiang-zemin-former-chinese-president-dies-at-96

 

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[Pla Simon]

Reds in peace.

[klauskunkel]

Good riddance.

[Nabby]

His Tibet policy was brutal. May he rot in Hell. 

[RichardColeman]

Guess the usual league of Evil will attend the funeral

[AhFarangJa]

One down, two thousand nine hundred and seventy nine to go.........................