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How might Zhu Rongji's policies impact China's future economic decisions?

Former Chinese premier Zhu Rongji, who helped engineer one of the greatest economic reforms in human history, has died. He was 97. Zhu, who served as China’s premier from 1998 to 2003, is remembered for tackling corruption, shaking up the centrally planned economy and overhauling the state-owned enterprise (SOE) sector. He was the mastermind behind negotiations for China’s World Trade Organization (WTO) entry in 2001, which opened China up to the international market and ushered in major changes

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Geopolitics

What should the government consider when deciding on military actions that may impact civilian lives?

By Kanishka Singh and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON, Aug 11 (Reuters) - U.S. military operations in 2025 killed 153 civilians and wounded 243, a U.S. official said on Tuesday, citing Pentagon assessments. This compares with a Pentagon assessment that two civilians were killed and two were injured by U.S. military operations in 2024. Here are details: • A Pentagon report submitted to the U.S. Congress and published by U.S. media said that all the death and injury tolls against civilians recorded in 2025 were due to three U.S. strikes in Yemen

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Education

How can we support education for girls in Afghanistan while considering the impact of current policies?

PARIS, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Restrictions on women pursuing higher education in Afghanistan are expected to exacerbate a shortage of female teachers, further diluting education quality in a country where millions of children arealready unable to attend school, UNESCO said on Wednesday. • Five years after the Taliban returned to power, about 2.4 million girls in Afghanistan are unable to attend secondary school, while more than 2million primary school children are out of school, the UN education agency said

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