Jiang's wager: the privatization of Chinese life
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China's president Jiang Zemin has been criticized for his lack of direction, both within the Communist Party and China. Paradoxically, the success of his economic reforms will leave him and his successors with even less power. The recently-ended 15th Party Congress's decision to privatize most of China's state-owned enterprises has received little praise from western observers, probably because of the lack of any political reforms. Chinese economic reform can be seen as a means of privatizing Chinese life, with more decisions being returned to the people. The government's recognition that the selling-off of state enterprises could lead to political unrest is well placed.
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 1997
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Made in China: Beijing's biggest problems are home grown
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China's aspirations to be a world power hinge on its ability to act like one internally, especially with regard to Taiwan and Hong Kong. The world's most populous nation has long liked to consider itself exempt from the rules that have applied and guaranteed success or failure elsewhere, but the past 15 years have proven it wrong. The rulers in Beijing still lack credibility, especially among those in Taiwan and Hong Kong familiar with it.
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 1995
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China's chill wind: time to settle nerves, not settle scores
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Political turbulence and the evident purge continuing in China are exciting more concern about the future for a rule of law there and in Hong Kong. Charges seem to fall on those out of favor or linked to the wrong group rather than those most guilty of evading ill-defined laws. However, the experience and the anxiety it produces may give China's new leaders greater appreciation of the importance of impartial law.
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 1995
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