President Xi Jinping and other top Chinese officials attend a state event at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of former leader Jiang Zemin, who died in 2022.
Both outlets describe Jiang as a key figure in China’s rise during the 1990s and early 2000s, when the country experiences rapid economic growth. They also link his tenure to the period following the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown on pro-democracy protesters. One outlet frames Jiang as having “confounded naysayers” during this period, while the other emphasizes his role in guiding China from a marginal economy toward a global growth engine.
The outlets also provide additional context around leadership and policy legacy. Korea Times notes that Jiang’s governance partner, former Premier Zhu Rongji, dies last week and that a funeral is scheduled for Tuesday. It also contrasts Jiang-era reforms that promoted private entrepreneurship and wealth creation with Xi’s current approach, which focuses more on central control and state-driven economic priorities such as technological autonomy.
In a speech at the event on Monday, Xi calls on the Communist Party to carry forward Jiang’s legacy.
