Jiang Yurong’s Harvard graduation speech praising unity has drawn online praise and criticism in both the US and China, with scepticism over her elite background, alleged CCP ties, and claims she ...

It has also inevitably fuelled criticism of the current leadership, where nostalgia for Jiang is as much an indictment of Xi Jinping and the way he has led China. Many of the tributes paid online ...

China’s sternly autocratic current leader, Xi Jinping, must preside over the mourning for Mr. Jiang, who died on Wednesday at 96, while he also grapples with widespread protests against China ...

China’s Xi Jinping on Tuesday called on the country to unite around his leadership as he addressed a memorial service for former leader Jiang Zemin, following an unprecedented show of dissent ...

Credit: AP Behind them, a black banner revealed how much has changed since Jiang left office in 2002, when Bo Xilai, Xi’s great rival, was governor of Liaoning province, and Premier Li Keqiang ...

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Tokyo | The death of former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin comes at a sensitive time for Xi Jinping as he faces an unprecedented ...

President Xi Jinping praised Jiang Zemin as a leader who led China’s boom despite Western pressure and domestic turmoil after the Tiananmen crackdown, using his predecessor’s memorial service ...

Xi once said of foreign journalists: "Some foreigners with full bellies and nothing better to do [than] engage in finger-pointing at us." The passing of Jiang has both Chinese and foreigners who ...

Li Xi, Wang Qishan and Hu Jintao either visited Jiang Zemin in hospital when he was critically ill or sent condolences to his relatives after his passing.

Xi Jinping praises Mr Jiang in an address at Beijing's Great Hall of the People as senior officials, military brass and rank-and-file soldiers stand at attention, days after China's largest street ...