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Former Chinese Premier Li Keqiang Cremated ; President Xi Jinping Other Senior Leaders Pay Tribute
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Former Chinese premier Li Keqiang, who died of a sudden heart attack on October 27, was cremated on Thursday here after President Xi Jinping and other senior ruling Communist Party leaders paid homage.
The remains of Li, 68, were cremated at the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in Beijing, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
China’s national flags at Tiananmen Square, the seat of the country’s power as well as all government buildings and foreign diplomatic missions, flew half-mast as a mark of respect for the departed leader.
