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By Stephen McDonell in Anhui, China


"He was a great leader who has remained in our hearts," says a man who has come to pay his respects to Li Keqiang, China's popular former premier who died last week.

Flowers in hand, he and his son walk up to Li's childhood home on Hongxing road in the city of Hefei. The footpaths are covered in a sea of flowers. Crowds of mourners have been gathering since the 68-year-old suddenly died in Shanghai of a heart attack.

"He visited our textile factory and it left a deep impression," says the man. Li was from the same province as him, Anhui, he added: "It's too sad. I can't accept it."

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[-] Epilektoi_Hoplitai@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago

"Chinese officials visibly nervous at the outpouring of public praise for dead leader [who they had sidelined and demoted]."

[-] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 year ago

Maybe they'll finally realize why their predecessors imposed term limits on themselves. Public memory is always kinder to politicians that freely give away their power - even in cases where they used it with an iron fist while it was theirs.

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