Qiao Shi, Chinese politician (born 1924)

Qiao Shi

Former Politburo Standing Committee member of the Chinese Communist Party

Qiao Shi was a Chinese politician and one of the top leaders of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). He was a member of the party's top decision-making body, the Politburo Standing Committee, from 1987 to 1997. He was a contender for the paramount leadership of China, but lost out…