Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin dies at 96

Jiang Zemin died at 12:13 pm (0413 GMT) in his house metropolis of Shanghai, the official Xinhua information company mentioned, publishing a letter to the Chinese individuals by the ruling Communist Party, parliament, Cabinet and the army saying the demise.

Beijing,UPDATED: Nov 30, 2022 14:59 IST

Jiang Zemin died in his house metropolis of Shanghai, the official Xinhua information company mentioned (Reuters)

By Reuters: Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin died on Wednesday on the age of 96 of leukaemia and a number of organ failure, Chinese state media reported.

Jiang died at 12:13 p.m. (0413 GMT) in his house metropolis of Shanghai, the official Xinhua information company mentioned, publishing a letter to the Chinese individuals by the ruling Communist Party, parliament, Cabinet and the army saying the demise.

“Comrade Jiang Zemin’s death is an incalculable loss to our Party and our military and our people of all ethnic groups,” the letter learn, saying the announcement was made with “profound grief”.

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It described “our beloved Comrade Jiang Zemin” as an excellent chief of excessive status, an amazing Marxist, statesman, army strategist and diplomat and a long-tested communist fighter.

Jiang was plucked from obscurity to go China’s ruling Communist Party after the bloody Tiananmen crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in 1989, however broke the nation out of its subsequent diplomatic isolation, mending fences with the United States and overseeing an unprecedented financial increase.

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Nov 30, 2022