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The Madman Who Built Modern China | Texas News
Madman Zhu, the iron-willed architect of China’s economic revolution, has died at 97 — a titan who bulldozed corruption, shattered state monopolies, and steered China into the WTO, turning it from an industrial giant into the world’s second-largest economy. Known for his blunt honesty and willingness to sacrifice millions of jobs for efficiency, he once joked he’d prepared 99 coffins for corrupt officials — and one for himself. A technocrat, not a radical, he modernized housing, restructured industries, and faced down party conservatives — all while earning a cult following for his…
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