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...Though both the U.S. and Hong Kong would have suffered greater financial losses than China if MFN status had not been renewed, Beijing can ill afford the estimated $3 billion or more that revocation would have cost mainland enterprises. Despite the success of a stringent austerity program in cooling the overheated economy and cutting inflation from 18% last year to less than 5% today, there have been debilitating side effects. The suspension or reduction in production in as many as one-third of Chinese factories and the ( cancellation of hundreds of construction projects have contributed to a "floating population...
With the U.S. deluged by drugs, the accessory trade has become a multibillion-dollar industry. The profits are high -- a crack pipe that costs 3 cents to produce can retail for $8 -- and the risks of jail are low. Though a 1986 federal statute makes it a felony to import, export or conduct interstate trade in paraphernalia, no federal law bans its manufacture. Moreover, while all states except Alaska have passed laws to control the sale of paraphernalia, the crime is typically a loosely enforced misdemeanor. "These guys simply do not face an equivalent risk for the harm that they...
...Though finding accessible housing remains a problem for Fond du Lac's disabled, the city has made progress in opening some public accommodations. Movie theaters have removed rows of seats to make room for people in wheelchairs. Several service stations offer to pump gas at no extra charge for disabled drivers, and grocery stores provide electric carts for shoppers who cannot navigate the long aisles. Parking spaces marked with the blue-and-white symbol of a wheelchair are vigilantly guarded; anyone who illegally slips into one is subject to a $30 fine. Rather than rely on police to enforce...
...offer he would make later in the week, Gorbachev stressed his commitment to seeking a "political solution" in the Baltics and said there were "new and encouraging signs" of a way to end the crisis. The next day the Lithuanian parliament suspended some of its secessionist legislation, though it stopped short of freezing its March 11 declaration of independence...
...Though Wuer enrolled at Harvard last fall, he dropped out in February, in part to focus full time on his role as vice president of the Paris-based Federation for Democracy in China. He had hoped to join the Goddess of Democracy and take part in broadcasting pro-democracy messages into China from nearby international waters. But fearing for Wuer's safety, the project's organizers balked, and now that the ship has been sequestered by anxious authorities in Taiwan, they plan to sell...