Posted on 04/16/2021 6:23:07 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
With the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) getting closer, the death of Yang Xiong, former mayor of Shanghai, has drawn people’s attention to the power struggle within the CCP, especially between Xi Jinping and former leader Jiang Zemin.
The 20th National Congress will be held in the autumn of next year. The CCP’s National Congress is held every five years to decide who will be the next leader.
According to the CCP’s official media, Yang died of a heart attack in Shanghai Huashan Hospital in the early hours of April 12 at the age of 68.
Hong Kong’s Sing Tao Daily quoted Xu Shiping, former president and chief editor of Shanghai Eastday Co., as saying that Yang was sent to the hospital at around 10 p.m. on April 11. Then about two hours later, Yang was pronounced dead and the hospital confirmed that he died of a heart attack
YANG WAS PART OF JIANG ZEMIN's FACTION
ang Xiong was born in November 1953 in Hangzhou city, Zhejiang Province. According to overseas Chinese language media, Yang’s rise to the position of Shanghai mayor was due to the “two Jiangs”—Jiang Zemin and his eldest son, Jiang Mianheng.
When Jiang Zemin was the secretary of Shanghai Municipal Committee, Yang was his subordinate. Yang was also Jiang Mianheng’s confidant and henchman. People in Shanghai speculated that while Yang was the mayor, he was merely a puppet and the real boss was Jiang Mianheng.
In the early 1990s, Jiang Mianheng established Shanghai Alliance Investment Ltd., and acted as the chairman of the board of directors. Yang was appointed as the general manager.
In 1999, Yang became the chairman of the board of directors of Shanghai Airlines.
In 2001, Yang began his political career in Shanghai and Jiang Mianheng helped him
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“That was no heart attack.”
Jiang Zemin is almost 95 years old
Xi just needs to hold out a little longer and the situation will resolve itself.
Obviously, he chose the CCP shot!
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