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Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin died at the age of 96 on Wednesday. He had led the country from 1989 to the early 2000s.
Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin, who led his country through an era of profound upheaval from 1989 until the early 2000s, died Wednesday at the age of 96, the state-run China news agency said. New. He had come to power the day following the crackdown on protests in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square and had accompanied the transformation of the most populous nation in the world into a world power.