China's former premier Li Keqiang has died - state media

Record ID: 1957237

  • Title: China's former premier Li Keqiang has died - state media
  • Date: 10th October 2022
  • Summary: Li prodded North Korea to improve ties with South Korea and the United States at the start of a visit to the isolated North. Pyongyang had stirred regional tensions with its nuclear arms ambitions, missile tests and deadly confrontations across the divided peninsula. Beijing has throughout stood by the neighbouring North, which it regards as a brittle but vital bulwark aga
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  • Keywords: CCP China Chinese Communist Party Li Keqiang Politburo file leadership politician premier
  • Location: BEIJING, LONGMENXIANG TOWNSHIP, LUSHAN COUNTY, CHENGDU, TIANJIN, WUHAN, CHINA / PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA / ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA
  • City: BEIJING, LONGMENXIANG TOWNSHIP, LUSHAN COUNTY, CHENGDU, TIANJIN, WUHAN, CHINA / PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA / ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA
  • Country: China
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA002876101011970RP1
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  • Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS PROFANITY
    China's former Premier Li Keqiang has died of a sudden heart attack aged 68, state media said on Friday (October 27).
    "Comrade Li Keqiang, while resting in Shanghai in recent days, experienced a sudden heart attack on Oct. 26 and after all-out efforts to revive him failed, died in Shanghai at ten minutes past midnight on Oct. 27," state broadcaster CCTV reported.
    An obituary will be published later, CCTV added.
    The former Chinese premier and head of China's cabinet served under President Xi Jinping for a decade from 2013, retiring in March.
    The elite Peking University-educated economist was once viewed as a top Communist Party leadership contender, but became increasingly sidelined by Xi in recent years.
    He memorably said in 2020 that over 600 million people in China earned less than the equivalent of $140 per month, sparking a wider debate on poverty and income inequality.
    (Production: Xihao Jiang, Kokkai Ng)
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