# Looking back at China’s 1990s reforms and the legacy of the ‘Jiang-Zhu era’

https://mins.news/en/video/25103

- Lianhe Zaobao, 2026-08-18 12:14 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maM7D1BffT0

> Former Chinese premier Zhu Rongji died in Beijing on Aug. 12, 2026, aged 98, just days before Jiang Zemin’s 100th birthday. As China holds high-profile commemorations for Jiang, attention has returned to the 1990s reforms, the “Jiang-Zhu era” and its political legacy, including whether their deaths mark the end of China’s reform period.

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