Jiang Zemin Dies: China's Modernizer Remembered
Jiang Zemin steered China through its explosive economic boom and secured its entry into the World Trade Organization before stepping down as paramount leader. His death at age ninety-six closes a chapter where he transformed a closed agrarian society into a global manufacturing powerhouse that reshaped modern geopolitics.
November 30, 2022
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