The end of an era
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On Wednesday, China's former top leader Jiang Zemin died at the age of 96.
Helicoptered into power by Deng Xiaoping after the 1989 protests, Jiang confounded low expectations and served as Party General Secretary from 1989 to 2002.
Those were the days: Jiang presided over a period when China chalked...