World News Today highlights on August 12, 2026 : Who was Zhu Rongji, China’s former premiere and economic reformer who helped power the country’s rise, dies at 97?

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Published12 Aug 2026, 01:48:51 AM IST

Latest news on August 12, 2026: FILE PHOTO: China's newly elected Prime Minister, Zhu Rongji gestures as he answers journalists' questions at a news briefing in Beijing's Great Hall of the People at the conclusion of the National People's Congress March 19. Zhu ruled out any official reassessment of the 1989 Tiananmen Squre crackdown. REUTERS/Natalie Behring/File Photo(via REUTERS)

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