Ben Blanchard
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Zhu Rongji, Chinese premier who promoted âbig reformsâ, dies at 97 (opens the original)
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Former Chinese premier Zhu Rongji died on Wednesday aged 97. He was never one âto mince his words. When the four-volume selection of his speeches came out in 2011, they shocked readers with his description of "tofu dregs" flood dykes built by "parasites", and erring bankers labelled as "half-wits". It was little wonder that his blunt comments from his years in power became best-sellers, finding eager readers in a nation whose then leaders were seen as wary â and cautious, prone to often bland
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