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  "id": 652265,
  "title": "BREAKING: Ex-Chinese premier Zhu Rongji dead at 98 – state media",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/breaking-ex-chinese-premier-zhu-rongji-dead-at-98-state-media",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-12T10:13:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hong Kong Free Press",
    "slug": "hong-kong-free-press-hongkongfp",
    "url": "https://hongkongfp.com/2026/08/12/breaking-ex-chinese-premier-zhu-rongji-dead-at-98-state-media/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "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. Breaking news – refresh for […]",
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        "title": "BREAKING: Ex-Chinese premier Zhu Rongji dead at 97 – state media",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/breaking-ex-chinese-premier-zhu-rongji-dead-at-97-state-media",
        "published": "2026-08-12T10:13:44.000Z"
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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."
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