“This is too sudden, he was so young,” said one user on Chinese social media site Weibo. His death is being widely mourned on Chinese social media, with many expressing shock and grief – though comments on many posts appear to have been restricted. Li, who had stepped down as premier in March this year, suffered a sudden heart attack on Thursday and died early on Friday while he was in Shanghai. “His passing is a significant loss to the moderate voices in the party leadership”. “Li was viewed as a pragmatic leader and encouraged economic reform… unfortunately his voice was effectively silenced and then ousted and replaced by a loyalist to Xi last year,” James M Zimmerman, a Beijing-based political commentator said in a post on X. He was the only incumbent top official who didn’t belong to Mr Xi’s loyalists group. Li was once tipped to be the country’s future leader but was overtaken by President Xi Jinping.Ī trained economist, he held the second highest-ranked position in China, though in recent years, he was widely isolated amongst China’s top leadership. State media said he died 10 minutes past midnight on Friday despite “all-out” efforts to revive him. BEIJING, China Oct 27 – Former Chinese premier Li Keqiang has died of a heart attack aged 68.
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