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Article: Chinese Premier Open on Economy, Mum on Reform
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- March 6, 1995
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BEIJING Premier Li Peng told the opening session of the National
People's Congress Sunday that this year the government will try to
rein in economic growth, tame "excessive" inflation, overhaul
money-losing state enterprises and fight corruption.
Li was relatively frank by Chinese political standards,
admitting that the government had failed to curb the abuse of power
by many officials and made "mistakes" that contributed to last year's
21.7 percent inflation rate.
But the Chinese premier, who signed the martial law order that
led to the bloody 1989 crackdown on democracy demonstrators, was
silent on questions of fundamental political reform. He repeated the
customary political slogans ...