Mayor of Shanghai promoted to General Secretary after Tiananmen in 1989, oversaw China's 1990s economic boom, WTO accession (2001), and the Hong Kong/Macau handovers (1997/1999). His 'Three Represents' (
三个代表) theory allowed capitalists into the Party. Became an unexpected internet meme figure in the 2010s (the 'toad worship' /
膜蛤文化 subculture).
