# Legacies of Jiang Zemin and Zhu Rongji Remain Difficult to Judge as Experts Assess China’s Reform Prospects

https://mins.news/en/video/24690

- VOA Chinese, 2026-08-18 02:31 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMt3JSsGyXc

> Xi Jinping delivered a speech at the Great Hall of the People marking the 100th anniversary of Jiang Zemin’s birth. Zhu Rongji died of illness on August 12, bringing renewed attention to the political and economic legacy of their era and to how Beijing is reinterpreting that history while commemorating both men.

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