What Beijing Left Out of Zhu Rongji’s Legacy

What Beijing Left Out of Zhu Rongji’s Legacy

Lei's Real Talk
Lei's Real Talk
Aug 20, 2026

Zhu Rongji helped reshape modern China—but his real legacy is far more complicated than Beijing’s official obituary suggests. From Tiananmen and Falun Gong to SOE layoffs, the WTO and China’s rise as the world’s factory, we look at what Zhu changed, what it cost, and what Beijing left out.

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