HONG KONG — Former Chinese language President Jiang Zemin, who led the nation throughout a decade of explosive financial development, died in Shanghai on Wednesday, in line with Xinhua, China’s state-run information company. He was 96.
The trigger was leukemia and a number of organ failure, the ruling Communist Social gathering mentioned in an announcement that was carried by Xinhua.
Jiang was handpicked to steer China after the 1989 Tiananmen Sq. protests, serving as president from 1993 to 2003.
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