The death of Zhu Rongji, China’s economic reformer

Credited as a co-engineer of one of the greatest economic reforms in human history, former Chinese premier Zhu Rongji died on August 12, 2026, at the age of 97.
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1. Zhu Rongji, China’s chief engineer of economic reform, dies aged 97

2. Zhu Rongji: leading China’s transformation through ‘minefield or abyss’
“Regardless of what...