{
  "id": 1678532,
  "title": "Chinese President Xi Jinping leads party elite in final farewell for ex-premier Zhu Rongji",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/chinese-president-xi-jinping-leads-party-elite-in-final-farewell-for-1678532",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T08:48:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3364422/chinese-president-xi-jinping-leads-party-elite-final-farewell-ex-premier-zhu-rongji"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Chinese President Xi Jinping led the party elite to pay a final tribute to former premier Zhu Rongji who was cremated on Tuesday as national flags were lowered to half mast. Zhu, who died of an illness in Beijing last Wednesday aged 97, served as premier from 1998 to 2003 and is regarded as the chief engineer of the country’s economic reform. He played a pivotal role in transitioning China…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "Chinese President Xi Jinping leads party elite in final farewell for ex-premier Zhu Rongji",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/chinese-president-xi-jinping-leads-party-elite-in-final-farewell-for",
        "published": "2026-08-18T08:48:58.000Z"
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  "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."
}