PoliticsEx-Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, architect of growth, dies of illness at 98

Former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has died at the age of 98, state media reported. Known as an impatient and sharp-tongued reformer, he drove painful changes through China’s state-owned industries during the 1990s. Those efforts helped fuel the country’s explosive economic expansion. Zhu also led China into the World Trade Organization.

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