Beijing (AFP) – Zhu Rongji, China's former premier who died on Wednesday aged 97, championed free-market policies and delivered far-reaching economic reforms during his five years at the helm.

China’s former premier Zhu Rongji, whose bold economic reforms propelled his country to become the world’s second-largest economy, has died at age 98. He died in Beijing on Aug 12, state news agency ...

BEIJING – Zhu Rongji, a brilliant economic policymaker and a driving force behind China’s economic opening to the world, died Aug. 12 in Beijing. He was 97. State news agency Xinhua reported the cause ...

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