{
  "id": 657524,
  "title": "Zhu Rongji, China’s chief engineer of economic reform and former premier, dies aged 97",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/zhu-rongji-chinas-chief-engineer-of-economic-reform-and-former",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-12T10:01:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3363792/chinese-economic-reformer-zhu-rongji-dies-aged-97"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Former Chinese premier Zhu Rongji, who helped engineer one of the greatest economic reforms in human history, has died. He was 97. Zhu, who served as China’s premier from 1998 to 2003, is remembered for tackling corruption, shaking up the centrally planned economy and overhauling the state-owned enterprise (SOE) sector. He was the mastermind behind negotiations for China’s World Trade…",
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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."
}