https://www.scmp.com/rss/43498/feed Former Chinese president Jiang Zemin died in Shanghai on November 30, 2022, aged 96. Jiang, who was born in Yangzhou, Jiangsu in 1926, graduated from Shanghai Jiaotong University with a degree in electronic engineering, and rose up in state-owned factories and government agencies overseeing industries. He was promoted to China's top power bench soon after the bloody crackdown on student movement in Beijing in 1989, becoming general secretary of the Party and chairman of its Central Military... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Alex Lo Alex Lo It’s called the fundamental formula of accounting. During a friendly chitchat between Jiang Zemin and Bill Clinton, perhaps to show how seriously China was liberalising its economy, the Chinese communist leader reportedly showed off his knowledge of modern capitalism by citing assets = liabilities + equities. Today, Xi Jinping might also quote the formula to his counterpart Donald Trump, the self-styled ultimate deal maker. After all, the formula shows one person’s asset is another person’s... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/article/3348306/iran-has-shown-wests-containment-china-fools-errand?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/article/3348306/iran-has-shown-wests-containment-china-fools-errand?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 29 Mar 2026 13:15:08 +0000 Alex Lo Alex Lo Like any revolutionary technology, artificial intelligence (AI) is morally neutral – it’s the use to which it is put that makes it harmful or beneficial. But as I examined last week in this space, it’s America’s tech bros and their alliance with the US military, not AI itself, who are the real terminators of jobs and human lives. While they are obsessed with achieving AI supremacy, Chinese policymakers have been far more concerned about regulating it, mitigating its impact on job losses and... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/article/3347507/china-ai-about-job-creation-and-quality-not-mass-retrenchments?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/article/3347507/china-ai-about-job-creation-and-quality-not-mass-retrenchments?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 22 Mar 2026 16:41:44 +0000 Samuel Porteous Samuel Porteous Regardless of the outcome of the challenge to US President Donald Trump’s powers under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act now before the Supreme Court, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has made clear the administration will continue to use national security rationales to enact its disruptive trade measures. It was not always thus. Nations have always had national security interests. Major powers have always engaged in espionage targeting adversaries – even allies. But since the... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3332888/weaponising-national-security-trade-against-china-us-breeds-chaos?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3332888/weaponising-national-security-trade-against-china-us-breeds-chaos?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 18 Nov 2025 08:30:10 +0000 Phoebe Zhang Phoebe Zhang China will host a global women’s summit in Beijing next week, with President Xi Jinping attending the opening ceremony and delivering the keynote speech. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the event on Thursday, confirming an earlier report by the South China Morning Post that the event would take place in October. The summit, which commemorates the 30th anniversary of the United Nations’ Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, was first announced by Foreign Minister Wang Yi in... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3328397/china-host-global-womens-summit-president-xi-jinping-deliver-keynote-speech?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3328397/china-host-global-womens-summit-president-xi-jinping-deliver-keynote-speech?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 09 Oct 2025 10:36:22 +0000 Carl Zhang Carl Zhang Chinese military parades are known for their spectacular goose-stepping and formations, but they also provide important hints about the structure of the People’s Liberation Army and its new weapons. The history of these parades highlights how the PLA has evolved from being a guerrilla force that relied on captured foreign weapons to a modern force that aims to compete with the US in terms of combat ability and advanced equipment. Mao Zedong 1949-1959 The first of these parades was held on... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3323814/how-chinas-military-parades-evolved-over-years-guerrilla-warfare-hi-tech?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3323814/how-chinas-military-parades-evolved-over-years-guerrilla-warfare-hi-tech?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 31 Aug 2025 09:01:18 +0000 Daniel Ren Daniel Ren FAW Group, mainland China’s oldest carmaker, plans to acquire a 10 per cent stake in Stellantis-backed electric vehicle (EV) maker Leapmotor, as the state-owned automotive giant looks to enhance its competitiveness in the segment, according to Cailian, a Shanghai-based financial news outlet. The investment would pave the way for the two companies to jointly develop new EV models, fine-tune supply-chain management and bolster overseas expansion, the report said. Leapmotor declined to comment,... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3322527/faw-chinas-oldest-carmaker-eyes-10-leapmotor-boost-stake-ev-surge?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3322527/faw-chinas-oldest-carmaker-eyes-10-leapmotor-boost-stake-ev-surge?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 20 Aug 2025 11:00:08 +0000 Oscar Liu Oscar Liu James Shing Pan-yu, former executive of Hong Kong’s defunct free-to-air broadcaster Asia Television (ATV), has died at the age of 48 after a battle against liver cancer. Shing’s wife, Michelle Chua, revealed his death in the early hours on Monday, saying that he died peacefully at Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital in Happy Valley, surrounded by family. “To all our dear friends and family, our light, James Shing, passed away peacefully at 12.37am on August 18, 2025, in the arms of his loved ones... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3322269/james-shing-former-executive-hong-kongs-atv-dies-48-after-cancer-battle?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3322269/james-shing-former-executive-hong-kongs-atv-dies-48-after-cancer-battle?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 18 Aug 2025 13:10:34 +0000 Wang Xiangwei Wang Xiangwei Jiang Enzhu, the first head of the central government’s liaison office in post-handover Hong Kong, famously likened understanding the city to reading a challenging book – one that demands serious attention and effort. At the time, his words served as a cautionary note to mainland officials. Now, Hong Kong having marked the 28th anniversary of its return to Chinese sovereignty, Jiang’s analogy remains apt, though with a significant caveat. The city may still be a book that is difficult to... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3316827/hong-kong-needs-better-understand-and-balance-one-country-two-systems?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3316827/hong-kong-needs-better-understand-and-balance-one-country-two-systems?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 06 Jul 2025 21:30:09 +0000 Dennis Wilder Dennis Wilder Chinese President Xi Jinping’s decision to speak to US President Donald Trump directly last week, the first such call in four months, spoke volumes about the importance to Xi of finding a way through the morass of Sino-US relations. Xi’s decision ran counter to the long-standing Chinese diplomatic approach during Sino-US tensions of the Chinese president refusing calls from the US president despite persistent entreaties. The White House had repeatedly predicted a Xi-Trump phone call only to fall... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3313551/why-xis-decision-talk-trump-during-trade-crisis-speaks-volumes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3313551/why-xis-decision-talk-trump-during-trade-crisis-speaks-volumes?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 09 Jun 2025 12:30:07 +0000 Jane Cai,Meredith Chen Jane Cai,Meredith Chen China’s economic leapfrog into global second place, along with its eradication of extreme poverty, has been achieved through an array of plans covering the long and short term, while ranging from specific industries to the country as a whole. The best known of these blueprints is the five-year plan for national economic and social development, which sheds light on Beijing’s priorities for the medium term and features some quantifiable and comprehensive goalposts. This is the last year of China’s... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3308784/how-did-chinas-5-year-plans-deliver-economic-miracle-and-whats-next?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3308784/how-did-chinas-5-year-plans-deliver-economic-miracle-and-whats-next?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 02 May 2025 08:00:09 +0000 China has expressed its condolences over the death of former US president Jimmy Carter, who established formal diplomatic relations with Beijing and welcomed China’s paramount leader Deng Xiaoping to the White House. Carter died on Sunday aged 100. He had been in hospice care since February 2023. “Our founder, former US President Jimmy Carter, passed away this afternoon in Plains, Georgia,” the Carter Centre said in a social media post about his death. The centre added in a statement that he... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3210768/old-friend-china-former-us-president-jimmy-carter-dies-aged-100?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3210768/old-friend-china-former-us-president-jimmy-carter-dies-aged-100?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 29 Dec 2024 21:35:40 +0000 The third plenary session of a central committee has long been associated with change and hope. Next month, the key Communist Party meeting is set to tackle some big issues such as “deepening comprehensive reform”, “promoting the Chinese way of modernisation” and “building up a high-level socialist market economic system”. While the detailed agenda and the exact date of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee are unknown, few doubt its significance for China’s future. At the... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3266051/beijing-can-restore-private-sector-confidence-another-third-plenary-magic-touch?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3266051/beijing-can-restore-private-sector-confidence-another-third-plenary-magic-touch?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 10 Jun 2024 23:00:13 +0000 China’s latest catchphrase to describe its development is “new productive forces”. The term, coined by President Xi Jinping during his nationwide tour last year, is set to be enshrined in party documents and government policy blueprints in the coming years, providing an answer to the country’s economic future. “Productive forces”, which refer to the combination of human labour with technology and infrastructure, is a central idea in Marxist theory about societal progress. The notion that... https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3254080/chinas-new-productive-forces-concept-offers-fresh-hope-and-impetus-economic-transformation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3254080/chinas-new-productive-forces-concept-offers-fresh-hope-and-impetus-economic-transformation?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 04 Mar 2024 23:00:18 +0000 When a US F-22 Raptor shot down a Chinese balloon over America, it possibly blew up the already fragile mutual trust across the Pacific Ocean. In the aftermath, as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken postponed his long-awaited visit to Beijing, presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping would do well to remember the day more than 11 years ago when, as vice-heads of state, they agreed to strengthen “strategic mutual trust” between their countries. Since 1949, trust has been a central topic of US-China... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3212716/adversarial-thrust-us-policy-china-makes-it-hard-beijing-develop-trust?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3212716/adversarial-thrust-us-policy-china-makes-it-hard-beijing-develop-trust?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 09 Mar 2023 17:00:13 +0000 Since its inception in 1921, China’s Communist Party has lurched between ultra-left radicalism and pragmatism, bringing about alternating tragedies and triumphs. In the first 30 years of the People’s Republic, Mao Zedong’s erroneous emphasis on ideology and class struggle, fanned by ultra-leftist nationalism, produced catastrophic consequences. In the late 1970s, Deng Xiaoping ended the disastrous Cultural Revolution and adopted an open-door policy, which put China on the track of reform and... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3212110/xis-chinese-dream-danger-being-hijacked-ultra-left-nationalism?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3212110/xis-chinese-dream-danger-being-hijacked-ultra-left-nationalism?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 05 Mar 2023 17:00:13 +0000 Shan Weijian recalled China’s golden era of economic reforms from 2000 to 2010, and the eye-watering growth evident in this period. In 2005, he led the only foreign takeover of a Chinese bank to date, and had to navigate the twists and turns of a country that was eager to change, but only wanted foreign capital that would come in on friendly terms. Shan was the co-managing partner of San Francisco-based private-equity firm Newbridge Capital when it took over a controlling stake in Shenzhen... https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3208605/maos-former-barefoot-doctor-recalls-sole-foreign-takeover-chinese-bank?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3208605/maos-former-barefoot-doctor-recalls-sole-foreign-takeover-chinese-bank?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 31 Jan 2023 14:30:08 +0000 Trust between the Chinese Communist Party and capitalists can be fragile, according to orthodox Marxism, because from an ideological perspective, the ultimate goal of all communists is to abolish private property while capitalists want otherwise. The reality, however, is very different. From an historical viewpoint, ever since Deng Xiaoping decided to embrace economic liberalisation in the 1970s, China has been gradually abandoning ideology in economic management. The shift to pragmatism... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3206141/china-needs-regain-trust-capital-get-its-economy-growing-again?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3206141/china-needs-regain-trust-capital-get-its-economy-growing-again?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 09 Jan 2023 23:00:14 +0000 Chinese President Xi Jinping’s New Year’s Eve video address revealed some additions to his office bookshelves – including photographs of his predecessor Jiang Zemin, who died in November aged 96. Xi has delivered a video speech on the last day of each year of his presidency, which began in 2013. The occasion is a rare opportunity to take a peek at his office settings in Zhongnanhai, which is also the official residence for China’s top leaders. Among the first photos revealed this year were two... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3205295/xi-jinpings-year-photographs-revealed-new-year-broadcast?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3205295/xi-jinpings-year-photographs-revealed-new-year-broadcast?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 Jan 2023 08:10:15 +0000 The state funeral of former president Jiang Zemin marked the end of an era and the turning of a new page in Chinese politics. President Xi Jinping heaped praise on his predecessor for his statesmanship, upholding socialism and defending the Communist cause, while also pressing ahead with reform and opening up in the aftermath of Beijing’s crackdown on a pro-democracy movement. “Comrade Jiang Zemin, who is sincerely loved by the whole party, the army and the people of all ethnicities, will live... https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3202929/global-impact-xi-jinping-urges-china-write-new-chapter-socialism-chinese-characteristics-after-jiang?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3202929/global-impact-xi-jinping-urges-china-write-new-chapter-socialism-chinese-characteristics-after-jiang?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 12 Dec 2022 06:00:22 +0000 The ashes of late Chinese president Jiang Zemin were scattered at the mouth of the Yangtze River on Sunday, state news agency Xinhua reported. The ashes were scattered in line with the wishes of the former leader, who died on November 30 at the age of 96 of leukaemia and multiple organ failure. As one of the country’s most influential leaders, he elevated China’s global standing and led the country’s economic integration with the rest of the world. Jiang was cremated on Monday, a day before... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3202908/ashes-former-chinese-president-jiang-zemin-scattered-sea?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3202908/ashes-former-chinese-president-jiang-zemin-scattered-sea?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 11 Dec 2022 13:00:57 +0000 In this first of a three-part series on China’s property crisis, Pearl Liu ponders whether the government’s market-propping measures since November will guide the world’s largest property market to a soft landing. Four years ago in Shenzhen’s Nanshan district, home to the headquarters of tech giants Tencent and Baidu, nearly 1,000 applicants braved long queues in hot weather for a chance to buy one of 167 flats. Each hopeful had deposited 5 million yuan (US$715,000) to participate in the city’s... https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3202712/chinas-property-policy-arrows-set-rescue-developers-buyers-faith-shaken-will-boom-times-return-soon?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3202712/chinas-property-policy-arrows-set-rescue-developers-buyers-faith-shaken-will-boom-times-return-soon?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 10 Dec 2022 02:00:25 +0000 Foreign aid is often criticised as being a waste of taxpayers’ money. Commentators argue that too often it reinforces the power of the state to the detriment of private enterprise, while facilitating bureaucratic corruption that benefits unaccountable elites. I certainly agree that aid does not guarantee development progress. However, the recent death of Jiang Zemin, China’s former president, reminded me that aid, when used strategically in a conducive national context, can have an impact far... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3202112/foreign-aid-gave-chinas-economy-leg-1980s-political-pragmatism-did-rest?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3202112/foreign-aid-gave-chinas-economy-leg-1980s-political-pragmatism-did-rest?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 07 Dec 2022 19:30:11 +0000 A measure of a departed leader is how relevant he remains in terms of the present and the future. President Xi Jinping answered that question about predecessor Jiang Zemin in the affirmative in his address at Jiang’s memorial service in the Great Hall of the People yesterday. Xi’s theme was that this is a time to move forward by building on the opening up and reform that defined his legacy. Jiang became leader of the Communist Party in 1989 with China at the crossroads and facing international... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3202322/new-journey-xi-build-foundations-laid-reformer-jiang?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3202322/new-journey-xi-build-foundations-laid-reformer-jiang?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 06 Dec 2022 21:38:18 +0000 Chinese President Xi Jinping paid a glowing tribute to late leader Jiang Zemin on behalf of the Communist Party on Tuesday, praising him for defending the country’s dignity in the face of Western sanctions. In an hour-long speech at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, Xi recounted Jiang’s political career and credited him with leading China’s economic reform and opening up, including steering China’s accession to the World Trade Organization. He also praised the late leader for standing up to... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3202309/jiang-zemin-funeral-xi-jinping-hails-late-leader-steering-china-through-tough-times-and-defying?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3202309/jiang-zemin-funeral-xi-jinping-hails-late-leader-steering-china-through-tough-times-and-defying?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 06 Dec 2022 14:15:19 +0000 In his eulogy to Jiang Zemin on Tuesday – broadcast live across the country – President Xi Jinping praised the former Chinese leader’s “extraordinary courage” in “diplomatic struggles” with the United States in the years following the Tiananmen Square crackdown. His remarks were unsurprising at a time when China is again facing what Xi called “serious political storms at home and abroad”, amid tensions with the West and rare street protests over the country’s harsh Covid-19 controls. Hailed as a... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3202296/jiang-zemin-paved-way-chinas-rise-he-was-helped-diplomats-liu-huaqiu?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3202296/jiang-zemin-paved-way-chinas-rise-he-was-helped-diplomats-liu-huaqiu?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 06 Dec 2022 13:00:15 +0000 Former Chinese president Hu Jintao was among the few prominent figures absent from Tuesday’s state funeral for his predecessor Jiang Zemin. The previous day he had joined Xi Jinping and dozens of other top officials in bidding farewell to Jiang. An official source said Hu and some other party elders did not attend Tuesday’s funeral because “they could not stand up for that long, given their age”. At Monday’s closed-door ceremony, held at the Chinese People’s Liberation Army General Hospital... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3202287/why-former-chinese-leader-hu-jintao-was-highest-profile-absentee-jiang-zemins-funeral?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3202287/why-former-chinese-leader-hu-jintao-was-highest-profile-absentee-jiang-zemins-funeral?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 06 Dec 2022 11:26:47 +0000 When I woke to the news of Jiang Zemin’s death, I felt as if I had lost a member of my own family – that’s what happens when one dedicates years to writing a biography. Jiang loved learning and speaking foreign languages – he had decent knowledge of English, Russian and Romanian, and familiarity with others – and he enjoyed surprising foreigners with his skills. Some may have mocked Jiang’s showboating, but languages enhanced his cross-cultural sense. At a private dinner, Jiang announced that... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3202126/history-will-be-kind-meticulous-and-curious-jiang-zemin?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3202126/history-will-be-kind-meticulous-and-curious-jiang-zemin?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 06 Dec 2022 05:30:10 +0000 As part of SCMP’s commitment to providing comprehensive coverage of former Chinese president Jiang Zemin’s death and legacy, this story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Hong Kong on Tuesday observed a moment of silence for late Chinese president Jiang Zemin as government agencies along with other sectors from the courts to hospitals and schools paid their final tribute to the former state leader. The... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3202212/hong-kong-joins-mainland-china-observing-3-minutes-silence-late-former-state-leader-jiang-zemin?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3202212/hong-kong-joins-mainland-china-observing-3-minutes-silence-late-former-state-leader-jiang-zemin?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 06 Dec 2022 04:40:13 +0000 As part of SCMP’s commitment to providing comprehensive coverage of former Chinese president Jiang Zemin’s death and legacy, this story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. China paid tribute to former president Jiang Zemin today with a funeral at the Great Hall of the People. The service for Jiang, who died of multiple organ failure in Shanghai last week aged 96, was the biggest event of its kind since... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3202174/china-holds-state-funeral-late-president-jiang-zemin?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3202174/china-holds-state-funeral-late-president-jiang-zemin?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 06 Dec 2022 01:50:09 +0000 As part of SCMP’s commitment to providing comprehensive coverage of former Chinese president Jiang Zemin’s death and legacy, this story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Former Chinese president Jiang Zemin has been remembered for his lifelong intellectual curiosity and keen appreciation of science. Jiang died last week at the age of 96. Jiang, who led China’s economic integration through the 1990s and... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3202142/dig-tough-problems-scientists-remember-jiang-zemin-his-intellectual-curiosity?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3202142/dig-tough-problems-scientists-remember-jiang-zemin-his-intellectual-curiosity?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 06 Dec 2022 00:00:15 +0000 As part of SCMP’s commitment to providing comprehensive coverage of former Chinese president Jiang Zemin’s death and legacy, this story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. China’s embrace of change in critical times – with bold economic reform and the pursuit of favourable external ties – was seen as a hallmark of Jiang Zemin’s 13-year leadership. And such proactive pursuits serve as a lesson that many... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3202137/chinas-economic-rise-under-jiang-zemin-featured-lessons-warnings-still-resonate-today?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3202137/chinas-economic-rise-under-jiang-zemin-featured-lessons-warnings-still-resonate-today?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Dec 2022 22:00:17 +0000 China’s tweaks to its pandemic response and property market policies have shown that pragmatism, the governing principle instilled by Presidents Deng Xiaoping and Jiang Zemin over decades, still trumpets ideology when it comes to policy-making. Some China watchers may cite the increased appearance of ideological phrases in the 20th party congress report to conclude that Beijing is ditching pragmatism and returning to Mao Zedong’s days of drafting policies based on ideals and visions. Such... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3202103/pragmatism-not-ideology-driving-chinas-new-covid-controls-and-property-policy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3202103/pragmatism-not-ideology-driving-chinas-new-covid-controls-and-property-policy?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Dec 2022 22:00:14 +0000 As part of SCMP’s commitment to providing comprehensive coverage of former Chinese president Jiang Zemin’s death and legacy, this story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Jiang Zemin was cremated at the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in Beijing on Monday, after top officials led by President Xi Jinping bade farewell to the former Chinese leader. A brief closed-door ceremony was held at the Chinese... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3202156/jiang-zemin-cremated-beijing-top-leaders-pay-their-respects?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3202156/jiang-zemin-cremated-beijing-top-leaders-pay-their-respects?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Dec 2022 12:06:00 +0000 ​Hong Kong is set to mourn the death of former Chinese president Jiang Zemin on an unprecedented scale on Tuesday, with schools, courts, hospitals and businesses pledging to heed the governments’ call to observe three minutes of silence in the morning. While the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) would not follow their mainland counterparts and briefly halt trading at 10am in conjunction with the late leader’s memorial service, it would stop displaying data on its external screens at its... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3202151/hong-kong-observe-3-minutes-silence-tuesday-start-jiang-zemins-memorial-service?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3202151/hong-kong-observe-3-minutes-silence-tuesday-start-jiang-zemins-memorial-service?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Dec 2022 11:38:21 +0000 The passing of former president Jiang Zemin marks the end of an era for China. He will be remembered as the transformative leader who brought China onto the highway of incredible growth, building on what paramount leader Deng Xiaoping had begun by opening up the country through bold market-economy reforms and leading China’s accession to the World Trade Organization. Deng brought China out of isolation; Jiang brought the nation fully into the world. Deng was the father of “one country, two... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3201844/jiang-zemins-journey-transitional-figure-transformational-leader-fitting-legacy-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3201844/jiang-zemins-journey-transitional-figure-transformational-leader-fitting-legacy-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 04 Dec 2022 22:45:12 +0000 Sections of the Chinese capital will be closed to traffic for a day and a half from Monday as part of preparations for an official memorial service for late Chinese leader Jiang Zemin on Tuesday. Beijing’s police bureau said on Saturday night that from 6.30am Monday roads in much of the city’s west would be off-limits to public buses, trains, cars and pedestrians, with only designated vehicles and personnel allowed to use the routes. The restrictions will remain in place until after the memorial... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3202017/chinese-capital-close-citys-west-traffic-jiang-zemin-memorial-service?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3202017/chinese-capital-close-citys-west-traffic-jiang-zemin-memorial-service?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 04 Dec 2022 12:00:10 +0000 I have fond memories of president Jiang Zemin, who died last week at the age of 96. Though he did not know it, he had a great influence on my life and career. In July 2000, I had been asked to set up a new government department, InvestHK, to attract businesses from around the world to set up in our city. It was a challenging assignment. The images of Hong Kong over the three previous years that lingered in foreigners’ minds were largely negative: the armoured vehicles of the People’s Liberation... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3201671/when-jiang-zemin-showed-world-hong-kong-meant-business?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3201671/when-jiang-zemin-showed-world-hong-kong-meant-business?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 04 Dec 2022 03:45:09 +0000 As part of SCMP’s commitment to providing comprehensive coverage of former Chinese president Jiang Zemin’s death and legacy, this story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Hong Kong will mourn the death of former Chinese president Jiang Zemin with citywide arrangements to be put in place on Tuesday, including all officials and civil servants observing three minutes of silence and different sectors being... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3201908/hong-kong-mourn-former-chinese-leader-jiang-zemins-death-citywide-arrangements-be-put-place-tuesday?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3201908/hong-kong-mourn-former-chinese-leader-jiang-zemins-death-citywide-arrangements-be-put-place-tuesday?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 02 Dec 2022 14:20:12 +0000 As part of SCMP’s commitment to providing comprehensive coverage of former Chinese president Jiang Zemin’s death and legacy, this story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. The United Kingdom, the United States and India are among countries that have expressed condolences over the death of former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin. Britain’s ambassador to China, Caroline Wilson, said Jiang was the first Chinese... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3201796/britain-us-india-send-condolences-over-death-former-chinese-leader-jiang-zemin?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3201796/britain-us-india-send-condolences-over-death-former-chinese-leader-jiang-zemin?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 02 Dec 2022 07:00:14 +0000 Feel strongly about these letters, or any other aspects of the news? Share your views by emailing us your Letter to the Editor at letters@scmp.com. Submissions should not exceed 400 words, and must include your full name and address, plus a phone number for verification I refer to your report, “Chinese leadership mourns ‘insurmountable loss’ of Jiang Zemin as former president dies aged 96” (November 30). Jiang will be remembered as the architect of China’s socialist market economy as his theory... https://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/3201659/jiang-zemins-criticism-hong-kong-journalists-was-prophetic?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/3201659/jiang-zemins-criticism-hong-kong-journalists-was-prophetic?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 02 Dec 2022 03:30:10 +0000 The passing of former leaders of great nations prompts reflection on their importance. In the case of Jiang Zemin, who died aged 96 on Wednesday, history is already being kind to him. His relevance to contemporary China is uncontested. He took leadership of the Communist Party at a time of national crisis that could have changed the course of history. He kept policies of opening up and reform on track, led China out of international isolation and implemented the unique “one country, two systems”... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3201751/hong-kong-handover-just-one-milestone-man-who-led-china-out-crisis-and-world?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3201751/hong-kong-handover-just-one-milestone-man-who-led-china-out-crisis-and-world?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 Dec 2022 18:44:12 +0000 As part of SCMP’s commitment to providing comprehensive coverage of former Chinese president Jiang Zemin’s death and legacy, this story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. When Jiang Zemin arrived in Seattle in November 1993 – his first US visit as president of China – Beijing’s relations with Washington and most of the world were in disarray, overshadowed by the bloody Tiananmen Square crackdown four... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3201742/china-us-and-jiang-zemin-reset-how-former-cold-war-rivals-found-decade-unsteady-calm-after-tiananmen?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3201742/china-us-and-jiang-zemin-reset-how-former-cold-war-rivals-found-decade-unsteady-calm-after-tiananmen?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 Dec 2022 14:09:38 +0000 Prominent Chinese websites and social media platforms were turned to black and white on Thursday as the country paid tribute to former president Jiang Zemin. Jiang, who had leukaemia, died of multiple organ failure on Wednesday in Shanghai at the age of 96. As one of the country’s most influential leaders, he elevated China’s global standing and led the country’s economic integration with the rest of the world. Homepages of almost all mainland-based news sites, social media platforms, official... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3201731/jiang-zemin-black-and-white-chinas-internet-pays-tribute-former-leader?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3201731/jiang-zemin-black-and-white-chinas-internet-pays-tribute-former-leader?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 Dec 2022 13:15:03 +0000 As part of SCMP’s commitment to providing comprehensive coverage of former Chinese president Jiang Zemin’s death and legacy, this story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Former Chinese president Jiang Zemin died in Shanghai, the city that had a profound impact on his life and political career. Residents of the mainland’s commercial and financial hub, in which he reigned as mayor and Communist Party... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3201730/former-president-jiang-zemin-remembered-key-architect-growth-and-reform-shanghai-city-shaped-him?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3201730/former-president-jiang-zemin-remembered-key-architect-growth-and-reform-shanghai-city-shaped-him?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:19:12 +0000 As part of SCMP’s commitment to providing comprehensive coverage of former Chinese president Jiang Zemin’s death and legacy, this story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. The death of the former Chinese President Jiang Zemin has drawn tributes from Singapore’s top leaders, with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong describing the elder statesman as an “honoured friend” of the city state. President Halimah Yacob... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3201686/singapore-leaders-offer-condolences-china-following-death-honoured-friend-jiang-zemin?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3201686/singapore-leaders-offer-condolences-china-following-death-honoured-friend-jiang-zemin?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 Dec 2022 10:25:05 +0000 As part of SCMP’s commitment to providing comprehensive coverage of former Chinese president Jiang Zemin’s death and legacy, this story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. President Xi Jinping led dozens of top officials in receiving the body of former President Jiang Zemin on Thursday, after the casket was flown from Shanghai to Beijing. State broadcaster CCTV showed Xi and his wife Peng Liyuan standing... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3201669/china-online-nostalgia-late-president-jiang-zemins-leadership-stands-out-contrast-protests?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3201669/china-online-nostalgia-late-president-jiang-zemins-leadership-stands-out-contrast-protests?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 Dec 2022 08:19:25 +0000 As part of SCMP’s commitment to providing comprehensive coverage of former Chinese president Jiang Zemin’s death and legacy, this story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Tributes poured in from across society in Hong Kong and Macau on Thursday as Beijing’s liaison offices in both cities opened their doors for the public to mourn the death of former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin. Among the highest-ranking... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3201658/hongkongers-can-visit-beijing-liaison-office-mourn-former-chinese-president-jiang-zemin-they-must?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3201658/hongkongers-can-visit-beijing-liaison-office-mourn-former-chinese-president-jiang-zemin-they-must?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 Dec 2022 06:39:28 +0000 As part of SCMP’s commitment to providing comprehensive coverage of former Chinese president Jiang Zemin’s death and legacy, this story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. A round of condolences for China at a United Nations Security Council meeting on Wednesday, after the death of former president Jiang Zemin, put into sharp relief the fraught state of relations between Beijing and the US, India and... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3201611/us-britain-and-india-remain-silent-about-death-jiang-zemin?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3201611/us-britain-and-india-remain-silent-about-death-jiang-zemin?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 30 Nov 2022 21:17:07 +0000 As part of SCMP’s commitment to providing comprehensive coverage of former Chinese president Jiang Zemin’s death and legacy, this story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. No Chinese leader had set foot in Hong Kong for more than a century until then-president Jiang Zemin landed on the eve of the city’s historic return to Chinese rule on July 1, 1997, with a strong pledge of non-interference in local... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3201600/jiang-zemin-leader-who-counted-hong-kongs-return-chinese-rule-among-his-proudest-achievements?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3201600/jiang-zemin-leader-who-counted-hong-kongs-return-chinese-rule-among-his-proudest-achievements?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 30 Nov 2022 16:25:15 +0000 As part of SCMP’s commitment to providing comprehensive coverage of former Chinese president Jiang Zemin’s death and legacy, this story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Jiang Zemin, China’s top leader in the 1990s and the early 2000s, has left behind a country with a much higher global standing and an economy far more integrated with the world than Communist rulers before him knew. Jiang, who ruled the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3201571/jiang-zemin-president-who-took-china-tiananmen-pariah-rising-power?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3201571/jiang-zemin-president-who-took-china-tiananmen-pariah-rising-power?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 30 Nov 2022 12:00:17 +0000