Former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin dies at 96

Former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin dies at 96

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Former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin, who came to power after the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, died in Shanghai on Wednesday of leukemia and organ failure, the Chinese Communist Party announced. He was 96. Jiang, a former top official in Shanghai, was initially considered a transitional figure…

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