Editing Jiang Zemin (section)

== Family and personal life ==
Jiang married [[Wang Yeping]], also a native of Yangzhou, in 1949.<ref>{{cite book|title=The-Cambridge Handbook Contemporary China|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2001|isbn=978-0-521-78674-4|pages=326}}</ref> She was his cousin, as Jiang's adoptive mother was Wang's aunt. Wang graduated from [[Shanghai International Studies University]].<ref name="pd">{{Cite news|url=http://www.people.com.cn/english/leaders/cpcdir/jprofile.html|title=Jiang Zemin – General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee|work=People's Daily|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629135740/http://www.people.com.cn/english/leaders/cpcdir/jprofile.html|archive-date=29 June 2011|access-date=4 December 2010}}</ref> They had two sons together, [[Jiang Mianheng]] and [[Jiang Miankang]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Buckley |first1=Chris |last2=Wines |first2=Michael |title=Jiang Zemin, Leader Who Guided China into Global Market, Dies at 96 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/30/world/asia/jiang-zemin-dead.html |access-date=30 November 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=30 November 2022}}</ref> Jiang Mianheng went on to be an academic and businessman, working within the [[Chinese space program]], and founded Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fast-track success of Jiang Zemin's eldest son, Jiang Mianheng, questioned by Chinese academics for years |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1677891/fast-track-success-jiang-zemins-eldest-son-jiang-mianheng-questioned |access-date=30 November 2022 |work=South China Morning Post |date=9 January 2015 |language=en}}</ref>

It is believed that Jiang had a long-running friendship with the singer [[Song Zuying]], [[Chen Zhili]], and others.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.nybooks.com/media/doc/2010/02/09/china-new-ruler-chapter.pdf|title=China's New Rulers: The Secret Files|last1=Nathan|first1=Andrew J.|last2=Bruce|first2=Gilley|date=2002|publisher=New York Review of Books|isbn=1-59017-046-6|location=New York|pages=164|access-date=12 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170405133554/http://www.nybooks.com/media/doc/2010/02/09/china-new-ruler-chapter.pdf|archive-date=5 April 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/11167360/Singer-who-disappeared-six-years-ago-resurfaces-married-to-China-presidents-brother.html|title=Singer who disappeared six years ago resurfaces married to China president's brother|date=16 October 2014|access-date=19 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180420010358/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/11167360/Singer-who-disappeared-six-years-ago-resurfaces-married-to-China-presidents-brother.html|archive-date=20 April 2018|work=The Telegraph}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=409&Itemid=31|title=Asia Sentinel|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100124021002/http://asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=409&Itemid=31|archive-date=24 January 2010|access-date=11 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.scmp.com/article/965286/sleeping-enemy|title=Sleeping with the enemy|last=Parry|first=Simon|newspaper=South China Morning Post|access-date=14 April 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140208080007/http://www.scmp.com/article/965286/sleeping-enemy|archive-date=8 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Fan|first=Jiayang|title=SINGING FOR CHINA: SONG ZUYING IN NEW YORK|url=http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2013/03/singing-for-chinas-leaders.html|magazine=The New Yorker|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110214854/http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2013/03/singing-for-chinas-leaders.html|archive-date=10 January 2014|access-date=14 April 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1880137/humble-hometown-hesitant-talk-about-peng-liyuan-chinas-first|title=Humble hometown hesitant to talk about Peng Liyuan, China's first lady|newspaper=South China Morning Post|access-date=11 September 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911191640/https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1880137/humble-hometown-hesitant-talk-about-peng-liyuan-chinas-first|archive-date=11 September 2018}}</ref> Following the rise of Xi Jinping, Song and other Jiang loyalists, including her brother Song Zuyu, fell under investigation for corruption.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=DeAeth |first1=Duncan |date=21 January 2018 |title=Chinese starlet Song Zuying, many others, under investigation for corruption by CCP |work=[[Taiwan News]] |url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3346297 |url-status=live |access-date=14 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814103448/https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3346297 |archive-date=14 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Nakazawa |first1=Katsuji |title=Downfall of a diva mirrors Beijing's backstage politics |newspaper=[[The Nikkei]] |url=https://asia.nikkei.com/Editor-s-Picks/China-up-close/Downfall-of-a-diva-mirrors-Beijing-s-backstage-politics |url-status=live |access-date=14 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813163637/https://asia.nikkei.com/Editor-s-Picks/China-up-close/Downfall-of-a-diva-mirrors-Beijing-s-backstage-politics |archive-date=13 August 2018}}</ref>

Jiang had a passable command of several foreign languages,<ref name="autogenerated2001">{{cite book |title= On China |last= Kissinger |first= Henry |author-link= Henry Kissinger |year= 2001 |publisher= Penguin Press HC |isbn= 978-1-59420-271-1 |chapter= Chapter 17 |chapter-url= https://archive.org/details/onchina00kiss_0 |url-access= registration |url= https://archive.org/details/onchina00kiss_0 }}</ref> including English and Russian. Jiang remains the only paramount leader of China known to be able to speak in English.<ref name="autogenerated2001" /> He enjoyed engaging foreign visitors in small talk on arts and literature in their native language, in addition to singing foreign songs in their original languages. In 1987, he sang ''When We Were Young'' and danced with [[Dianne Feinstein]], who was mayor of San Francisco at the time.<ref name=":9">{{Cite book |last1=Marquis |first1=Christopher |url= |title=Mao and Markets: The Communist Roots of Chinese Enterprise |last2=Qiao |first2=Kunyuan |date=2022 |publisher=[[Yale University Press]] |isbn=978-0-300-26883-6 |location=New Haven |pages=252 |doi=10.2307/j.ctv3006z6k |jstor=j.ctv3006z6k |oclc=1348572572 |author-link=Christopher Marquis |s2cid=253067190}}</ref> Jiang also played the [[ukulele]] during his 1997 visit to Hawai'i.<ref name=":9" />