Former Chinese premier Li Keqiang has died of a heart attack aged 68.
State media said he died 10 minutes past midnight on Friday despite “all-out” efforts to revive him.
Li was once tipped to be the country’s future leader but was overtaken by President Xi Jinping.
Li was once tipped to be the country’s future leader but was overtaken by President Xi Jinping.
He was the only incumbent top official who didn’t belong to Mr Xi’s loyalists group.
“Li’s death means the loss of a prominent moderating voice within the senior levels of the Chinese Communist Party, with no one apparently being able to take over the mantle,” Ian Chong, non resident scholar at the Carnegie China think tank told the BBC.
“This probably means even less restraint on Mr Xi’s exercise of power and authority.”
Li, who had stepped down as premier in March this year, suffered a sudden heart attack on Thursday and died early on Friday while he was in Shanghai.
Former Chinese premier Li Keqiang has died of a heart attack aged 68.
Li was once tipped to be the country’s future leader but was overtaken by President Xi Jinping.
State media said he died 10 minutes past midnight on Friday despite “all-out” efforts to revive him.
He was the only incumbent top official who didn’t belong to Mr Xi’s loyalists group.
Li was once tipped to be the country’s future leader but was overtaken by President Xi Jinping.
Li was once tipped to be the country’s future leader but was overtaken by President Xi Jinping.
He was the only incumbent top official who didn’t belong to Mr Xi’s loyalists group.
“Li’s death means the loss of a prominent moderating voice within the senior levels of the Chinese Communist Party, with no one apparently being able to take over the mantle,” Ian Chong, non resident scholar at the Carnegie China think tank told the BBC.
“This probably means even less restraint on Mr Xi’s exercise of power and authority.”
Li, who had stepped down as premier in March this year, suffered a sudden heart attack on Thursday and died early on Friday while he was in Shanghai.
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