Analysis: In death, Jiang Zemin lies in Xi’s shadow | ErykBagshaw
In the cavernous Great Hall of the People in central Beijing, Jiang Zemin, the president who led China through a decade of double-digit economic growth, towered five metres tall over a thousand delegates.
“Under the leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core, we will inherit the will of Comrade Jiang Zemin and push forward the great cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era,” one banner draped across Jiang’s state funeral read on Tuesday. “The leadership of the Chinese Communist Party is the basic guarantee for our party and our people to forge ahead,” he said.The People’s Daily was more explicit. On Tuesday, it urged the Party to rally around Xi in mourning Jiang to “carry on the mission of national rejuvenation”.
Chinese President Xi Jinping leads other officials to bow during a formal memorial for the late former Chinese President Jiang ZeminTiananmen itself was empty, Beijing’s vast security apparatus made sure there could be no more outpourings of grief transformed into political resistance. It was a different time. China was growing wealthy and more powerful, but still had 100 million people living in poverty. Jiang came up with a 28-word policy to continue his predecessor Deng Xiaoping’s maxim that “China should neither take the lead nor carry the flag”.
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