BEIJING: Wan Li, a major Chinese Communist political figure who served as vice premier and who was seen as a liberal voice in the Communist leadership, has died, state television reported Wednesday. He was 98.

CCTV said among the opening headlines of its main evening news bulletin that Wan died in Beijing.

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