Word: reformations
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...However, there are signs that the Chinese government might have reservations about the deal, observers note. Among the sticking points, China's National Development and Reform Commission has said publicly the purchase of Hummer is inconsistent with China's effort to become greener. In addition Sichuan Tengzhong has no experience building vehicles for the retail market...
...Nationality Act of 1965 that he helped pass, we were able to come to the U.S. many years ago and build a new life. His countless good deeds will reverberate in our nation's soul. The best tribute his colleagues in Congress can bestow is the health-care-reform bill that was his life's cause and that he worked so hard for but, sadly, did not live to see enacted. Cheers Echevarria-Leary, PINONLE CALIF...
...Thus, when considering the totality of six decades, the record of the PRC is decidedly mixed. While its achievements have been momentous, so are the contrasts and contradictions exposed by those very same achievements. In many sectors, each reform breeds new problems and challenges. China has come a long way, but it still has a long...
...achieving some modicum of growth. Yet all of them left China lagging far behind the West and East Asia. The costs of some initiatives, like the Great Leap Forward from 1958 to 1960, were catastrophic in human and environmental terms. It was not until Deng and Chen Yun, another reform-minded Politburo member, returned to power in 1978 from internal exile that the economic course was changed. (See pictures of a new look at old Shanghai...
...their employees or managers." But like other issues on the table in Pittsburgh, this is a battle bankers are likely to lose. In a speech on Wall Street on Sept. 14, the anniversary of the failure of Lehman Brothers, President Barack Obama warned the banking industry not to fight reform. "We will not go back to the days of reckless behavior and unchecked excess at the heart of this crisis, where too many were motivated only by the appetite for quick kills and bloated bonuses," Obama said. The question is just how far G-20 leaders are prepared...