Jiang Zemin

American

[jyahng zœ-min] / ˈdʒjɑŋ 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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Jiang Zemin

The day he died, the Jiang Zemin documentary featured Zhu explaining how he persuaded his comrades to implement tough reforms.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

Appointed vice premier under then-leader Jiang Zemin in 1991, he found himself nicknamed China's Mikhail Gorbachev after the reformist former president of the Soviet Union.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

The Chinese side added “constructive,” a deliberate echo of the formula former President Bill Clinton and Jiang Zemin adopted in 1997.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026

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 ● Feb. 14, 2024

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 ● Nov. 2, 2023

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