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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kanis Leung

The sudden death of former China's No. 2 leader Li Keqiang has shocked many

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The sudden death of former China's No. 2 leader Li Keqiang has shocked many people in the country, and they are paying tribute to the ex-official who promised market-oriented reforms but was politically sidelined.

Li, who died Friday of a heart attack, was China’s top economic official for a decade, helping navigate the world’s second-largest economy through challenges such as tensions with the United States and the COVID-19 pandemic.

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