Zhu Rongji, trailblazing ex-premier who transformed China’s economy, dead at 97

Former Chinese premier Zhu Rongji, whose market reforms helped drive China’s extraordinary economic rise, has died from illness at the age of 98, state media reported Wednesday.

“Former Chinese premier Zhu Rongji died of illness at the age of 98 in Beijing at 11:06 a.m. Wednesday,” Xinhua news agency reported.

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