Flags at half-mast in Beijing as China mourns late premier Li Keqiang

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BEIJING: Flags flew at half-mast in Beijing on Thursday (Nov 2) as China prepared for the funeral of late ex-premier Li Keqiang, a reform-minded bureaucrat who was once tipped as the country's future leader but was eclipsed by Xi Jinping.

A career bureaucrat and fluent English speaker, Li's support for liberalisation and economic reform often drew contrast with the more centralising and domineering tendencies of Xi's rule.

It also urged the Chinese people to turn"grief into strength" by rallying even closer around the leadership and the party.State news agency Xinhua reported that flags would fly at half-mast at government buildings across mainland China, as well as in the semi-autonomous regions of Hong Kong and Macao.His time as premier saw a shift from the more consensus-based rule associated with former leaders to the concentrated power of Xi.

On social media platform Weibo on Thursday, over 20,000 comments were listed under a hashtag commemorating Li shared by state broadcaster CCTV.The comments that remained were distinctly apolitical, wishing the late premier"farewell" and promising he would"forever be in our hearts".

 

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