China Central Television reported that Jiang Zemin, former President of China and former General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CCP), died at the age of 96. According to media reports, “Jiang Zemin, suffering from leukemia and functional insufficiency of his internal organs, died in Shanghai on November 30, 2022 at 12:13 am local time.”
Xinhua News Agency released a statement from the CCP Central Committee confirming that “dear comrade Jiang Zemin” is suffering from leukemia along with multiple organ failure.
In connection with the death of the politician, the websites of Chinese state television and the Xinhua agency turned black and white.
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Jiang Zemin was born on August 17, 1926 in Jiangsu province in eastern China. He trained as an electrical engineer in Shanghai. He has been working in the field of mechanical engineering for nearly 30 years. In 1955, he did an internship at the Moscow Automobile Plant. IV Stalin (ZIS, future ZIL), which allowed him to learn Russian.
Deputy Chairman and Executive Secretary of the State Import and Export Affairs Committee since 1980. He served as the mayor of Shanghai from 1985 to 1989, before that he served as the head of the Ministry of Electronics Industry.
Jiang Zemin’s Politics
He served as General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China from 1989 to 2002. He was president of the People’s Republic of China from 1993-2003. During Jiang Zemin’s reign, the Chinese economy was ranked seventh in the world. Also under him, China joined the World Trade Organization.
Jiang Zemin made the “three representations” theory part of the CCP’s program. According to this theory, the Chinese intelligentsia was equated with workers and peasants in political rights, private entrepreneurs were able to enter the Communist Party and its governing structures.
During his reign, the screws were tightened in the political sphere and unprecedented economic reforms were carried out, resulting in higher living standards and the collapse of the social guarantee system.
In particular, partial privatization took place, many large state-owned enterprises were closed, and the authorities also abolished the principle of “iron bowl of rice”, that is, guaranteed jobs, wages and pensions. This has led to an increase in crime and corruption.
Connection with Russia
Jiang Zemin spoke several foreign languages: English, Russian, Japanese, French, German and Romanian.
He knew Russian proverbs and idioms, sang songs of the 40s and 50s, visited Russia several times. In 1997, she met with Soviet President Boris Yeltsin. They signed a document about the world order in the 21st century and a multipolar world based on equal cooperation, not conflict between blocks. After that, Jiang Zemin went to Yasnaya Polyana: he had long wanted to visit the estate of Leo Tolstoy, whose work he knew very well.
In the summer of 2001, Chinese President Jiang Zemin met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Moscow State University students and teachers. As Kommersant wrote, the meeting ended with a collective performance of Moscow Evenings.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Jiang Zemin, on an official visit to China, 2002
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“Jiang Zemin not only speaks good Russian, but also sings much better. Putin said that the Moscow elite present at the reception was very pleased.
“I would like us to visit each other, not only to get acquainted with the legacy of Confucius and Dostoevsky, but also to study mathematics and other exact sciences,” he stressed. Putin expressed confidence that “the mutual influence of our cultures will bring prosperity and prosperity to both countries.”
In 2007, Jiang Zemin was awarded the Pushkin Medal for his great contribution to the spread and study of the Russian language, the preservation of cultural heritage, the convergence and mutual enrichment of the cultures of nations and peoples.
Among the hobbies of the ex-president of the PRC are not only singing, but also dancing, playing musical instruments.
He also wrote poetry – he dedicated one of them and presented it to Cuban leader Fidel Castro.
Frog Cult
The authors wrote that Jiang Zemin is remembered with nostalgia among young people. area “EKD”. China’s former president has his own fan club. Its participants respect the former Secretary General for the economic opportunities he provided for his country and point out that getting rich has become much more difficult nowadays.
The politician’s fans call themselves “Frog Fans” (Jiang Zemin’s nickname). In Chinese social networks, those who post memes about the former leader of the PRC are called frog fans or hasi, and the act of posting is the worship of frogs or moha.
On one of Jiang Zemin’s birthdays, one of his fans suggested adding “a second” or “+1” to the manager’s life. This was a kind of response to rumors about his death in 2011.
Source: Gazeta
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