{"slug": "president-of-china", "label": "President of China", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_China", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q655407", "qid": "Q655407", "description": "Ceremonial state representative of China since 1982", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [1898, 2022], "span_label": ["1898 CE", "2022 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}], "related": [{"slug": "united-states", "label": "United States", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "christians", "label": "Christians", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "shanghai", "label": "Shanghai", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "general-secretary-of-the-chinese-communist-party", "label": "General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "north-korea", "label": "North Korea", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "xi-jinping", "label": "Xi Jinping", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mao-zedong", "label": "Mao Zedong", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1898, "year_label": "1898 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "November 24", "text": "November 24 – Liu Shaoqi, President of China (d. 1969)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367547011#November", "title": "1898", "revid": 1367547011, "section": "Births › November"}}, {"year": 1926, "year_label": "1926 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "August 17", "text": "August 17 – Jiang Zemin, former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (paramount leader) and President of China (d. 2022)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373503199#August", "title": "1926", "revid": 1373503199, "section": "Births › August"}}, {"year": 1959, "year_label": "1959 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 27", "text": "April 27 – National People's Congress elects Liu Shaoqi as Chairman of the People's Republic of China, as a successor of Mao Zedong.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370221732#April", "title": "1959", "revid": 1370221732, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1969, "year_label": "1969 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 12", "text": "November 12 – Liu Shaoqi, President of China (b. 1898)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373164180#November", "title": "1969", "revid": 1373164180, "section": "Deaths › November"}}, {"year": 1981, "year_label": "1981 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 29", "text": "May 29 – Soong Ching-ling, 88, Chinese politician, she was one of the three prominent Soong sisters who were raised as Christians in Shanghai and educated in the United States, where they all attended the Wesleyan College, she variously served as the Vice Chairperson of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference from 1954 until 1959, the Vice Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (1954-1959, 1975-1981), the Vice Chairman of the People's Republic of China from 1959 until 1975, the de facto Heads of State of China from 1968 until 1972, and briefly the honorary Chairman of China in May 1981, chronic lymphocytic leukaemia", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369064557", "title": "Deaths in May 1981", "revid": 1369064557, "section": "Deaths › May"}}, {"year": 2019, "year_label": "2019 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 20", "text": "June 20–21 – Chinese President Xi Jinping makes a state visit to North Korea. It is his first visit to the country as president and the first visit to North Korea by a Chinese leader since Hu Jintao's visit 14 years prior.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373255188#June", "title": "2019", "revid": 1373255188, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 2022, "year_label": "2022 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 30", "text": "November 30 – Jiang Zemin, 96, Chinese politician, general secretary of the Communist Party (1989–2002) and president (1993–2003), mayor of Shanghai (1985–1988), leukemia and multiple organ failure.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366920603", "title": "Deaths in November 2022", "revid": 1366920603, "section": "Deaths › November"}}]}