BEIJING--Former President Jiang Zemin, who led China out of isolation after the army crushed the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests in 1989 and supported economic reforms that led to a decade ...
Then-PM Tony Blair shows Jiang Zemin around 10 Downing Street (PA) Activists who tried to form an opposition China Democracy Party, a move permitted by Chinese law, were sentenced to up to 12 ...
Chinese leadership mourns ‘insurmountable loss’ as Jiang Zemin dies aged 96 Years later, Jiang – who died on Wednesday in Shanghai, aged 96 – counted the city’s return to China in 1997 ...
BEIJING--Chinese newspapers turned their front pages black on Thursday and flags were put at half-mast in mourning for the death of former president Jiang Zemin, while well-wishers laid piles of ...
A grand ceremony was held for the former leader in Beijing's Great Hall of the People. Jiang's death comes at an uncertain moment for China amid its most serious protests since Tiananmen.
TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered condolences to Chinese President Xi Jinping over the death of former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin. The message was uploaded to the Kremlin website ...
(CNN) -- Brought to the helm of the Communist Party in the midst of the June 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests, Jiang Zemin has never publicly wavered in his defense of the military ...
In the past, the party has opted for authoritarian rule by consensus, akin to China in the Hu Jintao or Jiang Zemin eras ... When he dies, there could be visible intra-party fighting over the ...
Jess Jiang is a Senior Supervising Editor for Planet Money. Previously, Jiang was a producer for NPR's podcast Rough Translation, where she helped tell deeply personal stories like the delicate ...
Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin watches the proceedings at the opening session of the 18th Communist Party Congress held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Nov. 8, 2012. Jiang has ...