China’s leadership pay final tribute to former premier Li Keqiang
Chinese President Xi Jinping led top Communist Party and state leaders to pay last tributes to former premier Li Keqiang as flags flew at half mast across the country.
China’s leadership pay final tribute to former premier Li Keqiang
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China’s leadership pay final tribute to former premier Li Keqiang

Photo: AFP/Yomiuri/Ichiro Ohara
Eurasia 03/11/2023 10:11

Chinese President Xi Jinping led top Communist Party and state leaders to pay last tributes to former premier Li Keqiang as flags flew at half mast across the country.

The ceremony for Li, who was 68, was held at the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in Beijing on Thursday morning, a week after his body was moved to the capital city following his sudden death from a heart attack in the early hours of last Friday morning in Shanghai, South China Morning Post reported.

Li’s body was cremated on Thursday.

Accompanied by his wife, Peng Liyuan, Xi bowed three times in front of Li’s casket, which was covered by a party flag.
AFP/Xinhua/Xie Huanchi
Xi was followed by Premier Li Qiang and they were joined by the entire Politburo Standing Committee, the party’s top decision-making body, as shown in the state media. Vice-President Han Zheng followed.

The nation was shocked by the news and millions of people posted on Chinese social media to commemorate him when the news first broke on Friday morning.

Li served as premier for two terms between 2013 to 2023. He stepped down in March.

He was hailed by the party as “an excellent [party] member, a time-tested and loyal communist soldier and an outstanding proletarian revolutionist, statesman and leader of the party and the state”.

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