Jiang Zemin | the encomiums flow

Todays front page. Online 

In addition, the editorial and a biographer weigh in. A letter writes notes Jiang “was no angel” and there’s a take on that side (a mix of insights and wishful thinking).

Most certainly a hugely consequential life, well and fully led, and a good man for tough times. Which I remember, in the aftermath of Tiananmen, June 4, when Deng Xiaoping tapped him for Party General Secretary. 

For Hong Kong yesterday, the biggest memorial service since Deng’s death in our handover year, 1997.