China's Jiang confounded doubters, mended U.S. ties By Reuters
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BEIJING (Reuters) - Plucked from obscurity to head China's ruling Communist Party after the Tiananmen crackdown in 1989, former Chinese President Jiang Zemin was expected to be just another transitional figurehead, destined to be a footnote in history. Yet Jiang, who died on Wednesday aged 96,…
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