Zhu Rongji, Chinese premier who cajoled economy into modern era, dies at 97

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Zhu Rongji, former Premier of China known for economic reforms that transformed China into an emerging global superpower, has died at age 97. His leadership helped guide China through critical reforms in the 1990s, fostering economic growth and modernization.

He helped push the reforms that transformed China from a beleaguered holdout against the collapse of Soviet-style Communism in the early 1990s to an emerging superpower with economic growth rates envied by other governments