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CHINA ANNOUNCES DEATH OF FORMER VICE PREMIER LIU YANDONG AT AGE 80
Liu Yandong, China’s former vice premier and a two term member of the Communist Party Politburo, died in Beijing on October 28, 2026, following an illness. She was 80 by international age calculation, although China’s official announcement listed her traditional age as 81. Liu was one of the most senior women in modern Chinese politics and held major responsibilities for education, science, health care, culture and international people to people exchanges before retiring in 2018.
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