Asia (bbabo.net), - Former Chinese President and former general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CCP) Jiang Zemin passed away on Wednesday at the age of 96. This was announced today, November 30, by TASS with reference to China Central Television.

According to the resource, Jiang Zemin died in Shanghai on November 30, 2022 at 12.13 local time. He suffered from leukemia and functional insufficiency of internal organs.

Jiang Zemin has not appeared at public events since 2019. Rumors about the politician's poor health have been around for a long time. And after he did not take part in the commemorations to mark the centenary of the Chinese Communist Party in 2021, they intensified. In addition, he was included in the list of delegates for the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China held in October of this year, but also did not take part in it.

On October 1, 2019, he, along with other veterans of the party and the state, took part in the celebrations in honor of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the state. During the military parade and demonstration on Tiananmen Square, he stood on the podium to the left of the President of the People's Republic of China, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Xi Jinping. This last public appearance.

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