China Communist Party chiefs pay respects to former leader Jiang Zemin

(Li Xueren/Xinhua News Agency/AP)

Chinese President Xi Jinping and other current and previous top Communist Party officials paid their respects on Monday to former leader Jiang Zemin, who died last week at the age of 96.

State broadcaster CCTV showed Mr Xi, his predecessor, Hu Jintao, and others bowing to Mr Jiang’s body at a military hospital in Beijing.