Word: reforms
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...when the new day dawned in Beijing Thursday, was it filled with the promise of economic reform and trade-driven prosperity? Not quite. The House of Representatives' vote on Wednesday to extend permanent normal trading partner status to China and allow its entry into the WTO may have strengthened the hand of Beijing's economic reformers, but that may not be enough to reverse the setbacks they've suffered over the past year in the factional political battles inside China's ruling Communist party. Although the reformers grouped around Prime Minister Zhu Rongji had hoped to use the market-opening...
...from Washington, where he'd gone to negotiate a final agreement on WTO membership. (Although the two sides had been close to agreement on trade matters, the Clinton administration was politically unable to press a deal with Beijing amid the fallout from nuclear espionage allegations.) But skepticism over rapid reform has grown over the past year, less because of Maoist nostalgia than out of concern that its immediate consequences - massive unemployment with no social safety net - will provoke widespread unrest that could undermine Beijing's grip on power. It was the same concern to maintain order that drove the crackdown...
Even at the Ethical Culture School, the student body often seemed more absorbed about getting into college than bettering their community. Yet while Fieldston was far from perfect, students and teachers alike promoted discussion and action about social issues. The spirit for social reform was powerfully alive within the walls of Fieldston much the way stress and cutthroat competition are the prevalent feelings in the Yard. There are certainly many groups at Harvard dedicated to the community, but this is different from a school-wide stated mission in the pursuit of social justice...
...country in the world except for North Korea," Lott maintained, and "Castro has shown no repentance; he's running a dictatorship, a repressive dictatorship." There is, of course, no disputing the argument that China's communist leadership has, over two decades of trade with the U.S., enthusiastically embraced economic reform, while Cuba's has for the most part fiercely resisted it even while welcoming European, Latin American and Canadian investors. But even China's leaders themselves might take issue with Lott's exclusion of Beijing from the communist fold - after all, China remains a one-party state and the party...
...sing," Cossette says. He hopes wrestling will serve as the basis for the most rousing production numbers: "You get four big wrestler types, beautiful girls, set it in a ring. It could be one of the great opening acts of all time." Alas, those anxious to hear how Reform Party squabbles sound set to music will have to wait until after intermission...