Li Keqiang

China's former premier Li Keqiang died just past midnight after suffering a heart attack while in Shanghai, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported Friday.

Former Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, once seen as reform-minded contender to the country's top leadership role, died of a sudden heart attack early Friday in ...

China's former Premier Li Keqiang died of a heart attack on Friday, just 10 months after retiring from a decade in office during which his reformist star ...

Li was groomed for leadership, and was seen at one point as a contender for China's top job, only to be pushed aside as Xi Jinping ascended.

Li, an English-speaking economist, was considered a contender to succeed then-Communist Party leader Hu Jintao in 2013 but was passed over in favor of Xi.

The former premier was China's No. 2 leader and an advocate for private business but was sidelined as President Xi Jinping made himself the most powerful ...

State media says Li Keqiang, who stepped down just nine months ago, died of a heart attack.

Former Premier Li Keqiang, China's top economic official for a decade, died Friday of a heart attack. He was 68.

Former Chinese Premier Li Keqiang speaking at the EU-China Summit in Brussels, Belgium in 2019. Thierry Monasse/Getty Images/File. Editor's Note ...

He was known for his advocacy of private business but lost much of his influence as President Xi Jinping accumulated ever-greater powers and elevated the ...

"The scope for Li's policymaking and implementation had became more subordinated under President Xi Jinping, who had unabashedly dominated in politics and ...

An outpouring on social media for Li Keqiang, the former premier who died Friday, reflected public grief for an era of greater growth and possibility.

From 2012 to 2022, Li was nominally the second-most powerful man in China. In practice, though, he was entirely eclipsed by Chinese President Xi Jinping, and ...