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After 30 Years, Economic Perils on China’s Path

More reflections on 30 years of economic reforms in China. From the New York Times: Politically, Chinese reformers had hoped the symbolic weight of the anniversary and the nation’s post-Olympic glow might propel some measure of political reform to address official corruption and help defuse rising social tensions. But as Beijing worries about strikes and mass layoffs even in some of its most prosp