{
  "id": 659790,
  "title": "Zhu Rongji, Chinese premier who cajoled economy into modern era, dies at 97",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/zhu-rongji-chinese-premier-who-cajoled-economy-into-modern-era-dies",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-12T10:43:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Japan Times",
    "slug": "japan-times",
    "url": "https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/12/asia-pacific/zhu-rongji-economy-modern-era/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Zhu Rongji helped push reforms that transformed China from a beleaguered hold-out against the collapse of Soviet-style Communism in the early 1990s to an emerging superpower.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "Chinese economic reformer Zhu Rongji dies aged 97",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/chinese-economic-reformer-zhu-rongji-dies-aged-97",
        "published": "2026-08-12T10:01:47.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}