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...suggest the immediate elimination of the hukou system, but the system should be changed: first to allow Chinese citizens to live where they want without excessive bureaucratic restrictions, and second to eliminate the distinction between rural and urban. Reform will mean more human mobility, which in turn means a freer labor force. Furthermore, large-city dwellers could move to other cities, giving middle-sized cities huge growth potential. Given the many social and economic advantages to hukou reform, it would be unwise for China's government to wait much longer...
...Hong Kong must be itself. But what is that self at a time when its government is making daily appeals to its people to be more patriotic, to learn the national anthem and to emphasize their membership of One Country over their enjoyment of the freer of Two Systems? The most attractive aspect of Hong Kong is precisely that it is so different from the rest of China. Vive la Diff?rence! Hong Kong should stop wanting to feel more kinship with the likes of Wuhan and Chongqing. Its leaders should stop stressing cultural and racial homogeneity and instead celebrate...
...imports once trade barriers come down. To give Spanish and Portuguese manufacturers a fighting chance, the E.C. will let the two countries drop their tariffs over a seven-year period. Increased competition could eventually make businesses stronger by encouraging them to be more efficient and innovative. In addition, a freer exchange of products and ideas with the rest of Europe will help Spain and Portugal gear up their lagging economies for the 21st century. Said Leal: "For four centuries we have looked at our problems in a very inward way, and now we will be forced to look outward...
...storms of the marriage have subsided. "I think the Horowitzes have a relationship that transcends most marriages," remarks a close friend. "They have suffered, they have been hurt, and they have come through their personal torment, needing each other today with a degree of happiness that is freer and better than anything they had before." Wanda is at once mother, sister, friend, wife, adviser and sweetheart, guarding her husband against any real or perceived lèse majesté. "In the end," notes another family friend, "she believes faithfully and passionately that his genius is to play the piano like...
...DIED. RUI XINGWEN, 78, former aide to ousted Chinese Communist Party chief Zhao Ziyang, who died under house arrest earlier this year; in Beijing. As a senior propaganda official under Zhao in the late 1980s, Rui helped usher in a brief period of loosened media controls and a freer environment for ideas that gave rise to 1989's democracy demonstrations. When Zhao was purged in the wake of the Tiananmen Square massacre, Rui was demoted and never regained his earlier stature. His death has not been reported by mainland Chinese media...