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Jiang Zemin

American  
[jyahng -min] / ˈdʒyɑŋ ˈzœˈmɪn /

noun

  1. 1926–2022, Chinese Communist leader: general secretary of the Communist Party 1989–2002, president of China 1993–2003.


Jiang Zemin British  
/ ˈdʒjæŋ ʒeɪˈmɪn /

noun

  1. born 1926, Chinese Communist politician: president (1993–2003)

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In one 2011 email he apparently claims to be friends with Louis Cheung, the president of Ping An, one of the world's largest insurance companies, and Alvin Jiang, the grandson of the former president Jiang Zemin.

From BBC

During the final years of retired top leader Jiang Zemin, who died in 2022, some Pekingologists scrutinized wreaths at other funerals for Jiang’s name.

From The Wall Street Journal

During the handover, however, China's then-leader Jiang Zemin promised that Hongkongers would govern Hong Kong and the city would have a high degree of autonomy for the next 50 years.

From BBC

He later cultivated a close relationship with Jiang Zemin, a former schoolmate from Shanghai who rose to become China’s president and who died in 2022.

From New York Times

Then, during the Deng Xiaoping and Jiang Zemin eras, the idea took hold that, if you gave people a better living, they'd have less motivation to act corruptly.

From BBC