"Former Chinese Premier Li Keqiang Passes Away at 68 from Heart Attack"

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Li Keqiang, former premier of China and once a rival to Xi Jinping, has died at the age of 68 from a heart attack. Li served as premier under Xi for a decade but was largely sidelined as Xi concentrated power. He was known for his economic policies, dubbed "Likonomics," and his ties to pro-democracy activists. Despite being sidelined, Li symbolized dissatisfaction with the statist turn of the economy and called for a revival of the "hawker economy" during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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