Former Chinese premier Li Keqiang has died at 68, state media has reported.

He was the second most powerful man in the ruling Chinese Communist Party until he retired last year.

State media said he had been “resting” in Shanghai when he suffered a sudden heart attack on Thursday.

He passed away ten minutes past midnight on Friday despite “all-out efforts” to revive him, state broadcaster CCTV said.

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    1 year ago

    How does a country of 1.4 billion have 6 billion people with less than 1000 RMB/mo of disposable income?

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      1 year ago

      Sorry, .6 billion. His speech is in Chinese, 6亿, which was 6 followed by 8 zeros. I got 亿 mixed up with billion.

      I will fix it in the original comment.