Former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has died, according to state media. The impatient, sharp-tongued reformer helped ignite China’s explosive economic boom by forcing wrenching change on state industry in the 1990s and leading the country into the World Trade Organization.

Morto a 97 anni. Guidò grandi riforme e l’ingresso della Cina nel Wto

The fierce reformer steered China through the Asian financial crisis and championed its WTO entry