Zhang Jian, a pioneering 19th-century capitalist, has been brought back to life many times by the Chinese Communist party since his death in 1926, depending on its propaganda needs.
But his latest reincarnation, as a patriotic nation builder and philanthropist, marks his highest profile reappearance yet, championed by no less a communist puritan than President Xi Jinping.
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