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Former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin dies at 96, state media says

China's former president Jiang Zemin

China's former president Jiang Zemin who died on November 30, 2022 at the age of 96. PHOTO |MANUEL BALCE CENETA | AFP

By  AFP

Beijing

Former Chinese president Jiang Zemin, who steered the country through a transformational era from the late 1980s and into the new millennium, died Wednesday at the age of 96, state news agency Xinhua said.

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