Chinese President Xi Jinping paid tribute to former leader Jiang Zemin on Tuesday for ensuring the Communist Party's survival from 'political storms' and reforming it to inject new vitality and modernise the country's economy.
BEIJING, Dec 6 - Chinese President Xi Jinping paid tribute to former leader Jiang Zemin on Tuesday for ensuring the Communist Party's survival from "political storms" and reforming it to inject new vitality and modernise the country's economy.
"In the late 1980s and early 1990s, serious political storms occurred at home and abroad, and world socialism experienced severe complications. Some Western countries imposed so-called 'sanctions' on China," Xi told an audience including China's top leadership and Jiang's direct successor Hu Jintao. Air raid sirens sounded for three minutes across the country at 10 a.m. when the ceremony began, and stock, currency and bond markets suspended trade, also for three minutes.
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