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Jiang Zemin propelled China's economic rise in the world, leaving his successors to deal with the massive inequality that followed

Written by Edward Cunningham, Director of Ash Center China Programs, Harvard Kennedy School

Jiang Zemin oversaw the economic transformation of China.Diana Walker/Getty Images

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