Former Chinese premier Li Keqiang has died at 68, state media has reported.

He was the second most powerful man in the ruling Chinese Communist Party until he retired last year.

State media said he had been “resting” in Shanghai when he suffered a sudden heart attack on Thursday.

He passed away ten minutes past midnight on Friday despite “all-out efforts” to revive him, state broadcaster CCTV said.

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    161 year ago

    Bad luck for China. It should have been the other guy to drop dead.