Jiang Zemin, Who Accelerated Communist Party’s Embrace of Market Principles, Dies at 96

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Jiang Zemin, the former Chinese leader who came to power after the Tiananmen Square protests and presided over market-oriented changes, has died

BEIJING—Jiang Zemin, the former Chinese leader who came to power after the quelling of the Tiananmen Square democracy protests and presided over the market-oriented changes that turned China into a global economic juggernaut,Mr.

Jiang, who died of leukemia, retired as Communist Party chief in 2002, stepped down as president in 2003, and left as head of the party’s Central Military Commission, the next year. Behind the scenes, he managed to wield substantial influence within the secretive party elite. From retirement, party insiders say, he decisively backed Xi Jinping’s ascent to party leader.

 

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