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Zhu Rongji, China premier crucial to economic transformation, dies at 97

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PolicyDriftZhu Rongji, China premier crucial to economic transformation, dies at 97

He negotiated China’s entry into the World Trade Organization and pushed through reforms that breathed new life into China’s state-directed economy.

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