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...accustomed to having somebody tell us everything. Now we have to think for ourselves." Despite the long line outside, Fyodorov worries. "Who knows how it will be a year from now? There are 50 other cooperatives planning to open restaurants in Moscow, and soon we'll face harsh old capitalist competition...
...realize that this is a capitalist country, and believe me I am an ardent believer in the free market system and perfect competition. But I don't think that these rules were meant to apply to much-needed community service groups...
...also known as conservatives and, even more confusingly, leftists -- blamed the reformers for last December's huge pro-democracy student demonstrations and launched a major campaign against "bourgeois liberalization." They vigorously attacked many of Deng's post-Mao changes, including greater artistic and press freedom and most moves toward capitalist-style economic reforms...
...protege, Hu Yaobang, from the important post of party General Secretary and slowed down measures to expand China's fledgling market economy. Debate on political reform, especially sensitive after the demonstrations, was shelved. With Deng apparently on their side, the conservatives pressed ahead with their campaign against capitalist thinking and Western influence...
Though the location of Peking itself was fixed by classic feng shui masters of the 13th century, the Chinese Communists have condemned the art as "superstition," severely limiting its practice on the mainland. That may yet undermine China's attempt to assimilate the capitalist spirits of Hong Kong, which is scheduled to come under Peking's control in 1997. Thus local businessmen and ordinary citizens regard the Bank of China's feng shui dilemma with a polite silence, avoiding any embarrassment to the People's Republic. Meanwhile, as work proceeds on the unlucky building, the Communists have refrained from commenting...