Deng Xiaoping

Former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji died of illness in Beijing, having been 97 years old. He was recognized for igniting China’s economic boom by forcing reforms on state industry and leading the country to join the World Trade Organization (WTO). His efforts propelled China to become a major exporter and helped keep its growth high between 2000-2010.

Former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji died of illness in Beijing at age 98. He was known for helping ignite China’s economic boom by forcing change on state industry and leading the country into the World Trade Organization. Zhu's leadership as premier from 1998 to 2003 propelled changes that helped transform China into a major global exporter.

Former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji died of illness at 97 years old. He helped ignite China’s economic boom by forcing change on state industry in the 1990s and leading the country into the World Trade Organization. His reforms contributed to China overtaking Japan as the second-largest economy behind the United States in 2010.

China's State Council introduced new guidelines to provide basic services based on actual residence rather than hukou registration, aiming to address issues caused by the hukou system that separates migrant workers from their families. Journalist Peng Yuanwen argues the central government should fund reforms to improve education for migrant and left-behind children, criticizing past policies like the one-child policy and highlighting demographic challenges.

The article discusses Western perspectives on Deng Xiaoping's role in transforming China into a rich and powerful nation. It cites Ezra Vogel and Orville Schell and John Delury, who highlight Deng's contributions to China's 21st-century rise.

A Hong Kong artist attempted to display a red thread to commemorate the Tiananmen Square crackdown but was stopped by police. The red thread, measuring 6.4 meters, referenced the June 4 date. Another artist was also detained for a symbolic gesture, highlighting Hong Kong's shrinking freedom of expression under the national security law.

President Trump attended a summit in Beijing where he and Chinese leader Xi Jinping exchanged rhetoric about opening China's markets to American corporations, echoing language from the 1990s-2000s era of US-China engagement. However, the article notes this nostalgia masks a fundamental shift: the two countries are now structural antagonists competing for dominance in transformative technologies like AI and quantum computing, with Trump's administration building managed trade systems rather than pursuing genuine market opening.

China's rare earth shares increased as Beijing addresses output breaches, highlighting China's dominance in the rare-earth market since Deng Xiaoping's prioritization of these elements. This control impacts global trade, job markets, and U.S. national security.

Chinese rare earth companies saw stock price increases following a quarterly price hike in neodymium. China's dominance in rare earths, prioritized since Deng Xiaoping's era, has significant global trade and U.S. national security implications.