Jiang Zemin

American

[jyahng zœ-min] / ˈdʒyɑŋ ˈzœˈmɪn /

noun

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

Jiang Zemin British

/ ˈdʒjæŋ ʒeɪˈmɪn /

noun

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

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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

Photographs of Li were shared on Weibo by Xinhua news agency, including those of him with Xi, Hu and former leader Jiang Zemin.

From Reuters

The song went viral around the death of former President Jiang Zemin in November last year before being censored.

From Reuters

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