{
  "id": 746333,
  "title": "Zhu Rongji: Chinese reformer who transformed China’s economy dies at 97",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/zhu-rongji-chinese-reformer-who-transformed-chinas-economy-dies-at-97",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-13T08:02:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/news/zhu-rongji-chinese-reformer-who-transformed-chinas-economy-dies-at-97"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, the impatient, sharp-tongued reformer who helped ignite China’s explosive economic boom by forcing wrenching change on state industry in the 1990s and leading the country into the World Trade Organisation, has died of illness, state media reported Wednesday. He was 97. Zhu died in Beijing at around 11 am on […]",
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      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Singapore PM Wong sends condolences to China over death of former premier Zhu Rongji",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/singapore-pm-wong-sends-condolences-to-china-over-death-of-former",
        "published": "2026-08-13T05:27:00.000Z"
      },
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/bomb-threat-sends-singapores-xinmin-secondary-students-staff-out-of",
        "published": "2026-08-13T06:29:36.000Z"
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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."
}