Liu Yandong, Rare Woman Among China’s Political Elite, Dies at 80

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Liu Yandong, a former Chinese vice premier and one of the few women to serve on the Chinese Communist Party Politburo, has died at age 80. Although she reached the party’s elite leadership body, she was not included among its highest-ranking leaders.

The former vice premier was one of just six women to have served on the Chinese Communist Party’s elite Politburo, though she was excluded from the top ranks of power.