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Li Keqiang, Former Chinese Premier, Dies of Heart Attack at 68

Li Keqiang, Former Chinese Premier, Dies of Heart Attack at 68
Li Keqiang, Former Chinese Premier, Dies of Heart Attack at 68


China’s former premier Li Keqiang died of a heart attack on Friday, Chinese state media announced — an abruptly early end to a leader who had served alongside Xi Jinping for a decade until March.

Mr. Li, 68, was visiting Shanghai when he suddenly suffered the heart failure near midnight on Thursday, a report on Chinese state television said. “All efforts to resuscitate him failed,” said the report.

Mr. Li was once considered a potential top leader of the ruling Chinese Communist Party. But in the end, he was overtaken by Mr. Xi, and became China’s premier — its prime minister — in 2013.

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