Li Keqiang

2023 - 10 - 27

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China ex-Premier Li Keqiang, sidelined by Xi Jinping, dies at 68 (Reuters)

China's former Premier Li Keqiang died of a heart attack on Friday, just 10 months after retiring from a decade in office during which his reformist star ...

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Li Keqiang, Former China Premier Sidelined by Xi Jinping, Dies at 68 (The Wall Street Journal)

Li, China's No. 2 official until his retirement last year, suffered heart failure.

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Former Chinese Premier Li Keqiang dead at 68: state media (CNN)

Former Chinese Premier Li Keqiang speaking at the EU-China Summit in Brussels, Belgium in 2019. Thierry Monasse/Getty Images/File. Editor's Note ...

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Why Li Keqiang's death is dangerous for Xi Jinping (BBC News)

The beloved leader represents a way of potentially governing China with very different priorities.

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How China Mourned Li Keqiang Online, Until the Censors Stepped In (The New York Times)

An outpouring on social media for Li Keqiang, the former premier who died Friday, reflected public grief for an era of greater growth and possibility.

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Li Keqiang, Chinese premier, 1955-2023 (Financial Times)

Once seen as a possible Communist party leader, he struggled to enact economic reforms under Xi Jinping.

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Former Chinese premier Li Keqiang dies aged 68 (The Irish Times)

Reformist and one-time Communist Party leadership contender lost influence as Xi Jinping tightened grip on power.

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Li Keqiang obituary (The Guardian)

Outward-looking economist who served as Chinese premier during Xi Jinping's first decade as president.

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Li Keqiang, Former Chinese Premier Overshadowed by Xi, Dies at 68 (Foreign Policy)

From 2012 to 2022, Li was nominally the second-most powerful man in China. In practice, though, he was entirely eclipsed by Chinese President Xi Jinping, and ...

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Former Premier Li Keqiang, once considered a contender to lead ... (PBS NewsHour)

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 ...

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