1. Li Changchun was born on February 1,1944 and is a retired Chinese politician and a former senior leader of the Chinese Communist Party.
12 Facts About Li Changchun
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Li Changchun served on the Politburo Standing Committee, the party's top leadership council, and as the top official in charge of propaganda, between 2002 and 2012.
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Li Changchun served as Chairman of the CCP Central Guidance Commission for Building Spiritual Civilization, de facto head of propaganda and media relations.
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Li Changchun was born in February 1944 in modern-day Dalian, Liaoning, then administered by the Empire of Japan as "Dairen", Kwantung Leased Territory.
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Li Changchun joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1965 and graduated with a degree in electrical engineering from the Harbin Institute of Technology in 1966.
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Li Changchun had succeeded then-Henan governor Cheng Weigao, who had been transferred to Hebei province as part of a three-province 'leader swap' orchestrated by the party's leaders.
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Li Changchun appointed former central bank deputy governor Wang Qishan to oversee the task force.
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Li Changchun increased access to the legal aid system for the poor in the province.
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Li Changchun was considered one of Jiang's major 'patronage appointments' to the top ruling council along with other staunch Jiang loyalists such as Jia Qinglin and Huang Ju.
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Li Changchun was the guest of honor at the opening of the National Center for the Performing Arts.
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Li Changchun supported Zen Shaolin, a music, dance and martial arts show intended to increase tourism that opened in 2007 in Henan, despite the producers' concerns that a celebration of religion and sacred music would be opposed by the government.
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Li Changchun subsequently ordered major Chinese firms to cease doing business with Google, and one source with connections to political elite claimed Li had directed a subsequent cyberattack against Google in retaliation.