NEW YORK, Nov 30 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Jiang Zemin, who died on Wednesday, catapulted China into the modern world. During his 15 years as Communist Party chief, president and head of the army ...

People watched Jiang's memorial service on TV in Taizhou, Jiangsu province China has bid its farewell to former leader Jiang Zemin in a state memorial service in Beijing. Jiang, who took power ...

Languages: English and Chinese. You can get in touch with John by emailing j.feng@newsweek.com Jiang Zemin, China's former leader who died Wednesday at age 96, is all but certain to receive a ...

On Monday, a funeral ceremony for Jiang, who led China through a period of breakneck economic development from 1989 to 2002, was held at a military hospital in Beijing before he was cremated at ...

He is survived by his wife, two sons and two grandchildren. Jiang’s death comes at a particularly sensitive time in China. An unprecedented wave of protests against the country’s unrelenting ...

Jiang Zemin, who died Nov. 30 at age 96, presided over a period of extraordinary economic growth that by some measures tripled the size of China’s economy. (Video: Jason Aldag/The Washington ...

Jiang's death comes at tumultuous time in China Some Chinese express nostalgia for Jiang era as time of optimism Jiang was plucked from obscurity to head Communist Party Jiang broke China out of ...

Jiang was practicing for a state visit to Washington to see President Bill Clinton. China wanted admission to the World Trade Organization and Jiang hoped to make a good impression on Americans.

Paying tribute to President Jiang Zemin, China’s leader, Xi Jinping, urged the nation to rally around himself, a week after protests tested his authority. By Chris Buckley China’s top leader ...

Following a series of unprecedented protests against Covid restrictions, Jiang Zemin's death comes at an uncertain moment for China. As someone inextricably linked to Tiananmen - he came to power ...