China’s Premier Li Keqiang takes an oath after he was re-elected for a second term during the sixth plenary session of the National People’s Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 18, 2018. Former Chinese premier Li Keqiang has died after suffering a heart attack, state media reported on October 27, 2023.
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Former Chinese premier Li Keqiang has died after suffering a heart attack at the age of 68, state media reported Friday.
A reform-minded bureaucrat, Li was once tipped as the country’s future leader only to be eclipsed by President Xi Jinping, under whom he served as premier for 10 years.
Xinhua news agency said Li had a sudden heart attack on Thursday, and passed away in the early hours of Friday in Shanghai, where he had been resting.
During his time as premier, Li cultivated an image as a more modern apparatchik…
