Former Chinese premier Zhu Rongji dies aged 97

BEIJING: Former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, whose market reforms helped drive China's extraordinary economic rise, has died from illness at the age of 97, state media reported on Wednesday (Aug 12)."Former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji died of illness at the age of 97 in Beijing at 11.06am Wednesday," Xinhua news agency r

Former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has died, according to state media

Ex-Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, architect of growth, dies of illness at 98  Toronto Star

Zhu Rongji, who as China’s premier pushed through reforms at state-owned companies that cost tens of millions of workers their jobs, and who helped engineer China’s entry into the World Trade Organization, has died. He was 98.