Kathmandu, 1 December: Jiang Zemin, China’s former president who oversaw its accession to the World Trade Organization in 2001, passed away on Wednesday in Shanghai, state media reported. He was 96.
According to a China Xinhua, Jiang died of leukemia and multiple organ failure in the course of treatment in Shanghai at 12:13 pm on Wednesday.
Jiang’s absence from the 20th Communist Party congress in October, as well as the party’s centenary celebrations last year, were read as clear signs of ailing health.
He was last seen in public on October 1, 2019, taking his place among party elders invited to attend the 70th anniversary celebrations of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, and a military parade to mark the occasion.
People’s News Monitoring Service
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