Zhu Rongji: A Reformer Who Centralized More Power in the Chinese State
The former Chinese premier’s willingness to communicate made him popular with foreign leaders, but his reforms mainly helped to strengthen Beijing’s control.
Then Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji acknowledges the delegates after delivering his final work report during the National People's Congress in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, March 5, 2003. Credit: Greg Baker via AP Images
At a pivotal 1993 meeting with provincial officials on the eve of China’s fiscal centralization, the then relatively new vice premier in charge of f
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