what was the relationship like between li keqiang and i like between li keqiang and president xijinpinging. many think they _ president xi jinping. many think they came _ president xi jinping. many think they came from i president xi jinping. many think they came from a i president xi jinping. many i think they came from a rival political backings in terms of li keqiang coming up through the chinese commonest use lead and xijinping coming from a slightly different group of folks known as princelings. —— chinese communist youth league. there were various representations at the highest levels of leadership. li keqiang was seen as close to the former chinese president hu jintao, and being one of his main proteges. so a lot of speculation, especially early on in xijinping's speculation, especially early on in xi jinping's tenure, xi jinping are essentially moving past li keqiang to take the top leadership role. and then xi jinping being a major leader, looking to have full control over the reins of power, questions about whether that was shifting roles that are traditionally leveraged by th

when li keqiang retired earlier this year, he gave a retirement speech.ot of commentary at the time, reading between the lines of what he said, that he'd been frustrated that he hadn't managed to carry out a lot of those reforms, and in fact power had shifted back to the party during his time. that's right. it was a really remarkable speech. he was giving it in a very windy atmosphere, and commented on that being emblematic of some of the headwinds he had faced as well. it was seen by many as very careful, very quiet and subtle criticism, but also i think in many ways an attempt by li to frame his career and the accomplishments he had, notjust as premier, but in the many senior roles he had played before that point. how do you think his passing will be marked in china? he will obviously get, ithink, a majorfuneral. it will be very interesting to watch the public reaction to this. again, it came as quite a surprise. i don't believe people had seen li as having any health conditions. he's relatively young. a little bit of a shock to the system, so to speak.

the former premier li keqiang has died at the age of 68.ding to state media, he died of a sudden heart attack in shanghai. china's long—time second—in—command, he was known for his pragmatic economic policies and rose through the party ranks despite not having a power base. at one point he was in marked the top role of president. during his ten years of premier, he served under the shadow of xijinping, of premier, he served under the shadow of xi jinping, whose grip on power dominated domestic and international policy. with more on his legacy, i spoke with the chief geo— economic analyst at bloomberg, who served as national security council director with china and taiwan. li keqiang was premier for ten years, retired earlier this year. what do you see as his legacy? thank you so much for having me. this news is certainly a shock that he passed away at a relatively young age. li keqiang leaves behind a legacy of being seen as a premier to xi jinping but also a senior official in his own right, someone who many believe was working to help kee

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state media in china say the former premier li keqiang has died of a sudden heart attack. e as the second most powerful chinese communist official before he stepped down in march to be replaced by a close ally of president xijinping. he was seen as a pragmatic reformist who supported the private economy and foreign investment. live now to our china correspondent stephen mcdonell. big news here. yeah, absolutely. the death of li keqiang has shocked and saddened people in china. not only because of the sudden nature of it. i mean, he was the number two leader here just months ago. a heart attack in the early hours of today. but also because of what he represented. he put economics before ideology. he was seen as a sort of lonely figure, if you like, in the seven man politburo standing committee, because he wasn't a hard—line ideologue. he was someone who would openly speak about china's problems in order to find solutions to them. he was one of the brightest of his generation, he went to peking university soon after the disastrous cultural revolution. at one point he was cons

has reported that li keqiang has died. his economic policy was aimed at staring the chinese economy towards stability but as economic leadership weakened at the time sidelined by president xi jinping. but hoffman has more on his economic policies. he was vice premier in the globalfinancial he was vice premier in the global financial crisis happened so he carried the baton through that crisis and china did very well in reacting to that crisis and then he set “p to that crisis and then he set up a reform programme that as premier he was supposed to implement more market reforms, and more innovative china, a more productive to china, and a range of reforms were put in place. i think since then, the reform programme got diverted a little bit, xijinping took the upper hand in economics and emphasised more the stability and the national—security seven the last couple of years, horribly li keqiang has less of a influence but in his early years he was very influential. bankman—fried has testified in his own defence in court. the f

just a few hours ago, chinese state media reported that former president li keqiang has passed away. at steering the chinese economy towards self—sustainability. but his economic leadership weakened over time, and he was sidelined by president xijinping, who sought to consolidate power and loyalists in his party. let's go to our asia business reporterjoao da silva, who is following the story. well, when i think of li keqiang, one of the images comes to mind is of him last year when china's strict zero covid policies were in place, appearing unmasked and published —— in public. at that time nobody dared question those restrictions and he was appealing for officials to be mindful of the impact those policies were having on the economy. that image to me sort of captures the reason why he is often described as a pragmatist. that happened at the tail end of his tenure as premier. when he first came into office ten years ago, he was given the reins of the chinese economy, there was a lot of hope that is more liberal minded economist, he would move china further down a more market oriented

sj state media in china say the former premier li keqiang has died of a sudden heart attack. ved for a decade as the second most powerful chinese communist official before he stepped down in march to be replaced by a close ally of president xijinping. for more, here's our china correspondent stephen mcdonell. his passing represents the last contact with the previous administration, and a different way of doing things, with a collective leadership. he was the last figure from the last era, so when he stepped down it represented one break with the past, and it is in the even more significant now. in china, the death of a leader can bring about great change. the death of chairman mao of course represented enormous change here. then grieving for him morphed into the protest movement in tiananmen square, and so the government was very aware of this, and so already had been cracking down on vpn, so that people could not access parts of the internet not controlled by the communist party, and they are trying to keep it while recognising how important it was, it might be too strong to

the former premier li keqiang has died at the age of 68.

li keqiang suffered a sudden heart attack early friday morning.so this time is number two leader until last october, overseeing his country's economy for more than a decade. he was once viewed as a reform minded contender for the country's top leadership role. li 68 years old. operations at acapulco airport remain suspended after hurricane ot slammed into the popular resort area. at least 27 people are dead and four others are missing after the powerful storm slammed into mexico's pacific coast. cnn's correspondent reports. this is typically what people come to acapulco, for the night speech, the nice surf. but right now it does not take long to see what happened after otis came back. you see all the debris. it's plants, it's prom, trees it's metal, it's rick. this is the front of those fancy hotels where people spend hundreds of dollars to come and enjoy some time off. it's completely -- not only the front, but look at what happened to this building. you cannot even see any proof that anybody could have been living there. we have reports that peo

we saw last night the death was announced of the former premier li keqiang.on't think so. not necessarily, except that it is a reminder of a time when chinese economic policy, under premier li keqiang, was done in a much more technocratic way. how do we grow? i think the question that he tried to answer is how do we grow the prc�*s answer is how do we grow the prc's economy and how do we do so in ways that are perhaps more compatible with what we want in the west, which is an international rules based order. all that being said, i don't think that his passing will necessarily affect the relationship, although as you know, on the heels of general li shangfu being sacked as well as foreign minister shang dame being sacked, a number of familiarfaces are being sacked, a number of familiar faces are disappearing from the scene for reasons that we don't quite understand. == we don't quite understand. -- qin gang- _ we don't quite understand. —— qin gang. we have to leave it there. . ~' ,. qin gang. we have to leave it there. . ,, ., ., there. thank you for “oining

china's long—time second—in—command, the former premier li keqiang has died of a sudden heart attack.n which 18 people were killed.

shanghai, as we know , the previous chairman of the state council of the people's republic of china, li keqiangck, and well then we talked about strengthening bilateral ties. for a long time, of course, this visit was agreed upon against the backdrop of constant aggravation of relations due to trade disputes, american technological pressure on china, and especially their constantly ambiguous policy towards taiwan. military activity near the chinese borders , but the chief of chinese diplomacy still flew to the united states, and most importantly, the tone of the conversation, at least preliminary, sounds very conciliatory, without dialogue. we have differences, at the same time we also have important common interests, and we face challenges that we need to solve together, so china and the united states need to dialogue, we must not only resume dialogue, dialogue must... be deep and comprehensive, so that through dialogue we can improve understanding, reduce misunderstandings and misjudgments, constantly strive to expand common ground, and develop cooperation that will benefit both sides, so tha

and former chinese premier li keqiang, who was sidelined by president xi in recent years, has died.tack. hello, i'm marc ashdown. let's take you straight to some live pictures we're getting in of the israel—gaza border.

li keqiang was 68 years old. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says he can see, quote, the end of the war in his country. this comes after a new american and danish support measures were announced on thursday. the -- $150 million worth of arms and equipment. president zelenskyy says -- offering over 500 billion dollars of tanks, drones and ammunition. hurricane otis has left its mark on the -- acapulco, killing at least 27 people. the drone video shows the destruction of the hurricane left in its wake wake and the storm surprised many by quickly reaching the powerful category five status before making landfall, leaving little time to prepare. cnn's patrick oppmann has that report. >> -- >> this can't be possible. acapulco has been destroyed. >> acapulco, tourist beach town, now the scene of heartbreaking destruction. after the -- sustained winds of 165 miles per hour. building after building -- video taken from a drone and -- widespread flooding. some residents say they had no choice but to evacuate on foot

one of our top stories this morning, sad news regarding china former foreign premier li keqiang, whoas died less than a year from stepping down. according to state media, he suffered a sudden heart attack thursday, then passed away early friday in shanghai. he spent a decade of the communist party's second most powerful man. he retired in march and was replaced by li qiang. he also served as part of the politburo's standing committee. j.p. morgan wealth management knows it's easy to get lost in investment research. get help with j.p morgan personal advisors. hey, david! ready to get started? work with advisors who create a plan with you, and help you find the right investments. so great getting to know you, let's take a look at your new investment plan. ok, great! this should have you moving in the right direction. thanks jen. get ongoing advice; and manage your investments in the chase mobile app. david: alright, there we go. we are off highs of the day. call eight games and we will take them anywhere. hstech index is up 1%. we are looking at not a big platform companies leading per

he is due to go to beijing where he will meet with the chinese president xi jinping and premier li keqiangcific island forum in the cook islands before returning to the u.s. with the apec summit in san francisco. japan's ruling liberal democratic party suffered a setback after a pair of special elections on sunday according to state broadcaster nhk. the ldp lost one house seat but held onto a position in nagasaki. recent polls showed support for kishida sunk to the lowest level in two years. india is saying it cut candidates -- canada's diplomatic presence in the country. last week, canada relocated 40 staff members from its embassy and consulates in the country. bilateral ties have taken a hit after prime minister justin trudeau accused the modi government of orchestrating the killing of a sikh activist on canadian soil. we have plenty more on the way. this is bloomberg. ♪ haidi: taking a look at the trading week. we are seeing downside across asset lessons. interesting developments when it comes to commodities markets. crude is the headliner. oil declining amid the ongoing hostage talks

. >>> former chinese premier le keqiang has died he suffered a heart attack friday morning li servedder xi jinping two terms before stepping down in march this year. he was 68 years old. >>> china's wang calls for in-depth dialogue on global issues this is seen as a potential summit between president biden and xi jinping tensions have been heightened on the russia and ukraine war and chips as well as high-tech goods. >>> u.s. house speaker mike johnson has kocalled for funding requests for ukraine and israel to be held spreparately. any money would be funded by cuts elsewhere president biden proposed $100 million aid package for both countries and hoping the house will approve further aid for ukraine. the u.s. launched a series of air strikes in syria on iranian-linked targets in retaliation for drone attacks on american assets. this comes as rising tensions are in the region as air strikes are continuing on israel sylvia is in brussels speaking to leaders about the conflict in israel and hamas as they call for pausing in the region. pedro sanchez says leaders are focused on the huma