BEIJING: China's communist leaders eulogized the late president Jiang Zemin on Tuesday as a loyal Marxist-Leninist who oversaw their country's rapid economic rise while maintaining rigid party control over society.

President and party leader Xi Jinping praised Jiang in an hourlong address at Beijing's Great Hall of the People as senior officials and military brass stood at attention.

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