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- <title>
- Jan. 07, 1991: World Notes:China
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
- Jan. 07, 1991 Men Of The Year:The Two George Bushes
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- WORLD, Page 66
- World Notes
- CHINA
- Groping for a Consensus
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- <body>
- <p> Anyone expecting the traditional rubber-stamp approval of
- government policies was in for a surprise last week when China's
- top Communist Party leaders gathered for a rite that is quickly
- becoming an anachronism: creating a new five-year plan. Despite
- the party's monopoly on power, it was soon evident that deep
- divisions were preventing the Central Committee from reaching
- a consensus. The resistance came mainly from provincial leaders,
- who gained control over local industry and revenues in the
- reforms initiated by Deng Xiaoping in 1985. Deng showed up to
- vote but failed to defend those who want to retain the
- responsibilities he gave them five years ago.
- </p>
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- </body>
- </article>
- </text>
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