News about Jiang Zemin

China's former premier, who was chastised in the West for human rights abuses, became a major superpower due to his economic reforms. Jiang saw China through historical transitions, including a revival of market-oriented reforms, the revival of Hong Kong's reign from British rule in 1997, and Beijing's admission into the World Trade Organisation in 2001. His death comes at a time when the Tiananmen rebellions have revived in China, with pro-democracy demonstrators protesting the authoritarian government's brutal Covid lockdowns and widespread repression.