The end of an era for China's economy

Gao Shanwen’s Uncomfortable Questions About China’s Economy

The late economist became known for challenging official growth figures and examining the less visible pressures weighing on Chinese consumers.

The end of an era for China's economy

Photo by World Economic Forum via Wikimedia CommonsZhu Rongji has passed away at the age of 97. He was not the only architect of the economic reforms that have made China a modern powerhouse — Deng Xiaoping, Zhou Enlai, Chen Yun, and others were all important — but Zhu was perhaps the most skilled, versatile, and far-sighted. He presided over China’s greatest era of reform and opening up — 1991 to 2003 — and handled both macroeconomic and microe…