Former Premier Li Keqiang, China’s top economic official for a decade, has died of a heart attack at 68. State media CCTV said he died Friday in Shanghai. Li was China’s No. 2 leader from 2013-23 and an advocate for private business but was left with little authority after President Xi Jinping made himself the most powerful Chinese leader in decades and tightened control over the economy and society. Li, an English-speaking economist, was considered a contender to become Communist Party leader in 2013 but was passed over in favor of Xi. The centralization of power by Xi left Li and others on the party’s ruling seven-member Standing Committee with little influence.
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Former Premier Li Keqiang, China’s top economic official for a decade, has died of a heart attack at 68. State media CCTV said he died Friday in Shanghai. Li was
Former Premier Li Keqiang, China’s top economic official for a decade, has died of a heart attack at 68. State media CCTV said he died Friday in Shanghai. Li was
Former Premier Li Keqiang, China’s top economic official for a decade, has died of a heart attack at 68. State media CCTV said he died Friday in Shanghai. Li was