{
  "id": 1109214,
  "title": "Zhu Rongji left Asia a blueprint — and it still works",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/zhu-rongji-left-asia-a-blueprint-and-it-still-works",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-15T19:52:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Asia Times",
    "slug": "asia-times",
    "url": "https://asiatimes.com/2026/08/zhu-rongji-left-asia-a-blueprint-and-it-still-works/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "When Zhu Rongji died in Beijing on August 12 at the age of 97, Asia lost one of the finest public servants of its modern era. He was the premier who opened China to the world, the plain-spoken technocrat who took his country into the World Trade Organization in December 2001 after almost 15 years […] The post Zhu Rongji left Asia a blueprint — and it still works appeared first on Asia Times .",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}