The former Chinese president Jiang Zemin has died aged 96, state media has said
The former Chinese president Jiang Zemin, who came to power after the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, has died aged 96.
Mr Jiang died from leukaemia and multiple organ failure in Shanghai on Wednesday afternoon, state media has reported. It led to a decade of explosive growth with China passing Germany and then Japan to become the second-largest economy after the United States.The country weathered the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis and pulled in foreign investment after joining the World Trade Organisation in 2001 following 12 years of negotiations. Mr Jiang also secured the bid to host the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
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