{"id":156138,"date":"2026-08-16T10:37:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T10:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=156138"},"modified":"2026-08-16T10:37:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T10:37:33","slug":"china-to-fly-flags-at-half-mast-for-former-premier-zhu-rongjis-funeral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=156138","title":{"rendered":"China to fly flags at half-mast for former premier Zhu Rongji\u2019s funeral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostFormer Chinese premier Zhu Rongji will be cremated in Beijing on Tuesday, with flags across the country \u2013 including in Hong Kong and Macau \u2013 flown at half-mast, state media reported on Sunday.<br \/>\nZhu, who served as premier from 1998 to 2003 and played a pivotal role in transitioning China towards a market-based economy, died of an illness in Beijing on Wednesday at age 97.<br \/>\nAccording to state news agency Xinhua, national flags will fly at half-mast on Tuesday at sites in Beijing, including Tiananmen&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/politics\/article\/3364189\/china-fly-flags-half-mast-former-premier-zhu-rongjis-funeral?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostFormer Chinese premier Zhu Rongji will be cremated in Beijing on Tuesday, with flags across the country \u2013 including in Hong Kong and Macau&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156138"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=156138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156138\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=156138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=156138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=156138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}