After Former Chinese Premier’s Suspicious Death, Party Princelings and Elders Begin to Show Defiance to Xi Jinping

After Former Chinese Premier’s Suspicious Death, Party Princelings and Elders Begin to Show Defiance to Xi Jinping
A man places flowers in front of the former house of former Chinese premier Li Keqiang in Dingyuan county, Chuzhou city, in China's eastern Anhui Province on Oct. 27, 2023. Rebecca Bailey/AFP via Getty Images
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Former Chinese premier Li Keqiang died of a heart attack on Oct. 27, with many questioning whether his sudden death was the result of an internal struggle within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

Several CCP’s top retired officials absented themselves from Mr. Li’s funeral. However, a few days later, these party elders presented wreaths of flowers at another funeral for a provincial-level cadre, evidently signaling their discontent with the authorities’ handling of Mr. Li’s death.

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