Zhu Rongji, who drove China's 1990s economic reforms, has died at 97

Zhu Rongji, who drove China's 1990s economic reforms, has died at 97. Zhu was renowned for reforms that sought to transition China from the post-Maoist years to a more global market-oriented financial system, without ceding party control over the economy. He served as Premier from 1998 to 2003 and was a key architect of China's modern economic policies.