Former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, who died on Wednesday aged 97, was never one to mince his words.
When the four-volume selection of his speeches came out in 2011, they shocked readers with his description of “tofu dregs” flood dykes built by “parasites”, and erring bankers labelled as “half-wits”.
It was little wonder that his blunt comments from his years in power became best-sellers, finding eager readers in a nation
