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New Delhi, Nov 30: Jiang Zemin, a former Chinese president, passed away on Wednesday at the age of 96 from leukaemia and organ failure, according to Chinese state media.
The government’s Communist Party, parliament, Cabinet, and military announced Jiang’s passing in a letter to the Chinese people at 12:13 p.m. (0413 GMT) in his hometown of Shanghai, according to the official Xinhua news agency.
Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin died on Wednesday at the age of 96, Chinese state media reported. He died from leukemia and multiple organ failure in Shanghai at 12:13 p.m. today, the official Xinhua news agency said: Reuters
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After the bloody Tiananmen crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in 1989, Jiang was chosen from obscurity to lead China’s ruling Communist Party. Jiang not only helped the country emerge from diplomatic isolation, but he also repaired relations with the US and presided over an unheard-of economic boom.
