Jiang Zemin

BEIJING: Sirens wailed across China as the Communist Party eulogised late leader Jiang Zemin on Tuesday (Dec 6), hailing him as a patriot who "dedicated his ...

Government agencies, courts, schools and hospitals pay final tribute to ex-president, as ferry horns echo across Victoria Harbour.

Xi vows to carry on with opening up to the world while also working for 'national rejuvenation'.

China's leaders have eulogized the late Jiang Zemin as a loyal Marxist-Leninist who oversaw their country's rapid economic rise while maintaining rigid ...

The party declared him a “great proletarian revolutionary” and “long-tested Communist fighter.” After taking over from reformist leader Deng Xiaoping, he oversaw the handover of Hong Kong from British rule in 1997 and Beijing’s entry into the World Trade Organization in 2001. Jiang led China out of diplomatic isolation over the 1989 crackdown and supported economic reforms that spurred a decade of explosive growth. The Hong Kong Stock Exchange did not halt trading but its external screens at Exchange Square downtown stopped showing data for three minutes. Jing’s body was sent for cremation at the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery, where many Chinese leaders are interred. [oversaw their country’s rapid economic rise while maintaining rigid Communist Party control](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/jiang-zemin-who-led-chinas-economic-rise-after-ending-of-pro-democracy-protests-dies) over society.

BEIJING, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Officers and soldiers of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) watched or tuned in to the live broadcast memorial meeting ...

The PLA officers and soldiers vowed to forge ahead with enterprise and fortitude to deliver strategic support for national rejuvenation and contribute more to world peace and development. The PLA officers and soldiers said they are determined to uphold the firm leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core and build the people's armed forces into world-class forces. 6 (Xinhua) -- Officers and soldiers of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) watched or tuned in to the live broadcast memorial meeting for Comrade Jiang Zemin on Tuesday morning.

China is holding a memorial service for its late leader Jiang Zemin at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. We reflect on his legacy and what the ...

The image of the West really declined in China the last couple of decades. There was also a sense at the time in the late '90s that China would probably become more tolerant and be able to get along reasonably well with the U.S. Back in '97, there was this impromptu press conference at the Great Hall of the People, where this memorial is actually being held, and a bunch of American reporters came down, and Jiang was heading to the United States to meet President Clinton. Back in the '90s when it was under Jiang, it was a much more relaxed society. And, of course, Jiang also oversaw the return - it was a smooth return back then - of Hong Kong to Chinese rule back in 1997. LANGFITT: And of course, joining the World Trade Organization was a huge step for the country.

BEIJING, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Officers and soldiers of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) watched or tuned in to the live broadcast memorial meeting ...

The PLA officers and soldiers vowed to forge ahead with enterprise and fortitude to deliver strategic support for national rejuvenation and contribute more to world peace and development. The PLA officers and soldiers said they are determined to uphold the firm leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core and build the people's armed forces into world-class forces. 6 (Xinhua) -- Officers and soldiers of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) watched or tuned in to the live broadcast memorial meeting for Comrade Jiang Zemin on Tuesday morning.

The late Jiang Zemin's time as China's leader was marked by a focus on the economy, rather than socialist ideology, and an effort to open up the count.

A memorial meeting for Jiang Zemin, who passed away on Nov. 30 at the age of 96, was held Tuesday morning in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The ...

Staff members watch the live broadcast memorial meeting for Comrade Jiang Zemin at a factory of Harbin Electric Machinery Company Ltd. of Harbin Electric Corporation in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Dec. mourn the passing of Comrade Jiang Zemin at a construction site in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province, Dec. Staff members of the China Construction Third Engineering Bureau Group Co., Ltd. Across the nation, people of all ethnic groups expressed their deep condolences for the passing of Jiang. 6, 2022.