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SHOULD BE DISPELLED. IN PARTICULAR MIT SINGLED OUT A NUMBER OF SOME
OF THE MORE CONTROVERSIAL OF THE RECENT REFORM EXPERIMENT - THE
FACTORY MANAGER SYSTEM, THE PRACTICE OF LEASING BUSINESSES, THE SHARE SYSTEM, THE WAGE SYSTEM AND BANKRUPTCY - WHICH IT SAID WERE HINTENDED TO IMPROVE THE SOCIALIST SYSTEM AND WERE NOT TO BE
DENOUNCED AS SYMPTONS OF ALL ROUND WESTERNISATION''.
4. IT HS NONETHELESS STILL A DIFFICULT TIME FOR THE REFORMERS.
DESPITE THE CONFIDENT SOUNDS EMANATING FROM THE CENTRAL PRESS, IT IS CLEAR THAT THEY ARE WORRIED THAT RECENT CHANGES IN THE IDEOLOGICAL
CLIMATE COULD HAVE A DELETERIOUS EFFECT ON THE REFORM PROGRAMME (AND
ON THE OPENING TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD, WHERE IT TAKES TWO TO TANGO).
5. ONE OF THE KEY FIGURES TO EMERGE HAS BEEN PENG ZHEN. WHILE THE
NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS, WHICH HE CHAIRS, HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MAJOR INSTITUTIONAL BENEFICIARIES OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMERS,
SPEECHES OF HIS WHICH HAVE RECENTLY BEEN PUBLISHED SHOW HIM LEANING
VERY MUCH TO THE CONSERVATIVE AND DISCIPLINARIAN SIDE. FOR HIM,
UPHOLDING THE STATE CONSTITUTION CLEARLY MEANS UPHOLDING THE PARTY'S
LEADERSHIP. WE MUST DO OUR BEST TO WATCH HIM.
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