Beijing— Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin, who led his country out of isolation after the crushing of pro-democracy protests inTiananmen Squareand supported economic reforms that led to a decade of explosive growth, has died, state TV said. He was 96. Jiang died in Shanghai, state ...
Jiang Zemin, Chinese official who was general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (1989–2002) and president of China (1993–2003). He was noted for reducing state ownership and control of some of China’s industries and for seeking to improve relat