Clamping down: China tightens exit rules

The Chinese government has introduced new border regulations that tighten checks on travellers and provide new grounds for restricting Chinese citizens from leaving the country. These rules, effective from September 15, include exit bans of up to three years in some cases, according to France 24.

Former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, who served from 1998 to 2003, has been mourned with lowered national flags at government headquarters in Beijing. Zhu helped drive China's economic overhaul in the 1990s, curbing inflation, tightening tax and banking systems, and pushing through a state-sector shake-up, as reported by Free Malaysia Today and New Straits Times.

Zhu's reforms also contributed to China's accession to the World Trade Organization in 2001. He was known for his independent thinking and had previously had his party membership revoked in the late 1950s for a speech, which was later restored nearly two decades later.

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