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...more liberal leaders, the reforms championed in the 1980s by a wave of largely rural entrepreneurs were stalled, and officials sought to reassert authority. In this "great reversal," Beijing's Xiushui Market, a thriving shopping area popular with tourists, was effectively expropriated by the city. The entrepreneurial founder of Kelon, China's most successful refrigerator maker, had his company seized in a backdoor takeover by local officials who then ran it into the ground. Land grabs by officials intent on real estate development soared. Rural credit cooperatives backed away from entrepreneurial finance and morphed into "policy pawns and cashiers...
Alex R. Christ, Bryant C. Danner, Walter K. Dods, John E. Foker, Harvey R. Friedman, George N. Harrington (captain), Ronald J. Johanson, Samuel G. McClellan, Roger G. Rawden, Robert C. Repetto, Fred M. Sander, James J. Smith, Lawrence G. Smith, Robert P. Watkins, Kelon L. Kelley (manager). Minor 'H' in Major Colors to John P. Scott '57 (associate manager...
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