As premier, Li Keqiang was "nominally China's No. 2 leader" and was in charge of the economy until late last year. He was "once seen as a reform-minded contender to the country’s top leadership ...

BEIJING--Hundreds, possibly thousands, of people gathered near a state funeral home Thursday as former Premier Li Keqiang was being put to rest. In front of the funeral home, plainclothes and ...

You may not have heard the name Li Keqiang before — but you likely soon will. That's because when the Chinese premier steps down from power in March 2023, a decision he confirmed in March ...

BEIJING--Former Premier Li Keqiang, China’s top economic official for a decade, died Friday of a heart attack. He was 68. Li was China’s No. 2 leader from 2013-2023 and an advocate for private ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, right, bows after delivering his state of the nation address ...

Authorities appeared to be taking a relatively light approach to the public outpouring of grief at Li's passing, possibly to avoid sparking a larger incident. Li, who was premier from March 2013 ...

The Foreign Office (FO) on Monday confirmed that President Asif Ali Zardari will embark on a four-day state visit to China, ...

Former premier Li Keqiang set off a nationwide debate on poverty alleviation after complaining at the 2020 briefing that two-fifths of China’s population’s earned “not even enough to rent a ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang lead seven-member Politburo Standing Committee, the team that that effectively rules China. Members of the PSC were announced in November 2012 ...

Then Premier Li Keqiang even took a Tesla for a spin within the gated Zhongnanhai leadership compound in 2019. The deal worked out well for both sides. Tesla helped ignite China’s EV industry ...

Paul Krugman says all economic data is best viewed as a peculiarly boring genre of science fiction, but Chinese data is even more fictional than most. The Nobel ...

The routine nature and broad scope of the agreements signed by Li Keqiang and Hun Sen reflects the closeness of the relationship between Beijing and Phnom Penh. The Politburo Standing Committee ...