Zhu Rongji

19 Jan 2013

The son of former premier Zhu Rongji and other financial heavyweights appointed to the new Financial Services Development Council will be subject to the city's anti-corruption laws as if they were...

Retired life comes easy for China's former leaders

11 Nov 2012

"Every man should confine himself to his own duties", the Chinese saying goes, and when state leaders retire they often vow to refrain from interfering in the nation's politics and seek more time...

Jiang Zemin leads show of strength by party old guard at 18th congress

9 Nov 2012

Former president Jiang Zemin and other party veterans returned to centre stage at the Great Hall of the People yesterday, demonstrating their continued power to shape the country's future.

Retired leader Li Peng seeks to show influence ahead of congress

31 Oct 2012

Former premier Li Peng has thrust himself into the public eye before next week's party congress by donating 3 million yuan (HK$3.7 million) to a scholarship for poor university students in Yanan,...

Premier Wen's rule overshadowed by predecessor Zhu's bold reforms

13 Sep 2012

While former premier Zhu Rongji is credited with introducing bold measures that set the mainland's financial system on the path of reform, his successor Wen Jiabao may be remembered more for his...

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Wang Qishan: the mainland's economic reformer in waiting

Symbolism can matter a great deal in politics, and Vice-Premier Wang Qishan's similarities to his political mentor, Zhu Rongji, have helped boost his popularity among party officials and ordinary...

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Graft putting brakes on reform

China's economic reform has significantly slowed since the start of this century, due partly to spreading and deep-rooted corruption in the world's No 2 economy, says Wu Jinglian, one of the...

'People's Premier' leaves a mixed legacy

Quantitatively, Premier Wen Jiabao can lay claim to being the most outstanding head of government in recorded history. But critics and admirers alike say that qualitatively, his record has been...

'People's premier' has run out of time

A decade is a long time in government in China, but a year is not.

'Forget me and the good I did when I die'

Wisdom may have dictated that Premier Wen Jiabao use his last all-important annual news conference to laud his government's economic achievements during the past decade.

No golden age, as Wen leaves a legacy of economic problems

It is a quirk of democracies that incoming governments end up reaping the economic harvest sowed by their predecessors.