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Politics● LowAug 21 · Aug 21, 2026, 12:30 PM

China is using Jiang Zemin centenary to signal political continuity

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from South China Morning Post

The centenary of Jiang Zemin’s birth, marked on August 17 with a memorial in Beijing attended and addressed by President Xi Jinping, was more than an occasion to commemorate a former Chinese leader. It was also an exercise in political history: a moment to locate Jiang, the era he led and the reform legacy associated with him within the broader story of the Communist Party of China’s evolution and China’s modernisation. That is what makes the event politically significant. The question is not...

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