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Six lives in a new China
China has been transformed beyond recognition since the ruling Communist party decided 30 years ago this week to abandon Maoism, build a market economy, and dismantle the "bamboo curtain" that had isolated the country from most of the world. This series explores what "reform and opening" has meant to the everyday lives of six individuals.
Nations:China People:Deng Xiaoping Activities:China Wealth Gap China Economic Reform Source:(Christian Science Monitor)
2008-12-18
Hu Jintao pledges open China amid 30-year celebration
BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese President Hu Jintao pledged Thursday that China would never turn back on its path of opening to the world, as he led celebrations for the nation's 30 years of spectacular economic reforms.
Nations:China Hong Kong People:Hu Jintao Deng Xiaoping Mao Zedong Activities:China Wealth Gap China Deng Xiaoping Admin. China Economic Reform China Hu Jintao Admin. Source:(AFP)
2008-12-18
China's communists set to approve key land reforms
China's ruling Communist Party was expected Sunday to approve a major economic reform plan that would let farmers trade and mortgage their right to land and bolster the nation's food security.
Nations:China People:Hu Jintao Activities:2008 CCP 17th Congress China Economic Reform Source:(AFP)
2008-10-12
China sits out global crisis, focusing on own growth
BEIJING -- China sits on a huge pile of money, and its policymakers crave global assets. So why doesn't China spend a little and save the world from global financial meltdown?
People:Wen Jiabao Activities:Global Financial Crisis China Economic Reform China-U.S. Trade Ties Source:(McClatchy)
2008-10-11
Paulson says China market reforms to continue
China is too far down the road toward a market economy to turn back from reforms now, even if U.S. financial market turmoil is causing it some qualms, U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Thursday.
People:Henry Paulson Ben Bernanke Activities:China Economic Reform China-U.S. Trade Ties
2008-04-03
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