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The former president of China JiangZemin, who led China through an era of transformation from the late 1980s into the new millennium, died on Wednesday (11/30/2022). He died at the age of 96.
“Jiang Zemin passed away from leukemia and multiple organ failure in Shanghai at 00:13 on November 30, 2022, at the age of 96, it was announced on Wednesday,” China’s Xinhua news agency reported.
The news agency reports it AFP extension, Wednesday (11/30/2022), Jiang took office in 1989 after the Tiananmen Square tragedy. He has steered the world’s most populous country to its emergence as an influential nation on the global stage.
When Jiang replaced Deng Xiaoping as president of China in 1989, China still in the early stages of economic modernization.
By the time he stepped down as president in 2003, however, China was a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Britain had ceded Hong Kong, Beijing had been confirmed to host the 2008 Olympics, and the country was on its way to becoming a state. of superpower.
Analysts say Jiang and his “Shanghai Gang” faction continue to wield influence over communist policy long after he leaves the top post.
Jiang leaves behind a wife, Wang Yeping, and two children.
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