(FILES) China's Prime Minister Rongji Zhu (L) answers questions during a joint press conference with US President Bill Clinton at the Old Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, on April 8, 1999. Former Chinese premier Zhu Rongji, whose market reforms helped drive China's extraordinary economic rise, has died from illness at the age of 98, state media reported August 12, 2026. (Photo by JOYCE NALTCHAYAN / AFP via Getty Images)