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...late 1980s, there was no way a peasant's son from rural China could have contemplated hopping between jobs, getting an education and applying for a job with "Goldman Sachs or Citicorp," as Zhong hopes to do. Today, with the economic reform being pressed by Zhu Rongji, the new Premier, the Chinese dream knows no limits. "Making money has become the thing to do in China; people judge you by how wealthy you are," says Zhong. "It is all a search for respect...
...parents are worried," she says about her new mobility, "but they have not forbidden me. Compared with their generation, maybe I am lucky. I can choose for myself." Like many her age, Lei spends little time thinking about politics. When pressed about the reforming Premier Zhu Rongji, she says only, "People around me say he will make China stronger." Her real concern is the slump in tourism from Asia's economic crisis. "But tomorrow will be better," she says cheerfully. "I trust in China...
...another bet has paid off on a fast-moving stock. "China is changing, for sure. Before you could only buy half a jin [pound] of meat every month. Now you can buy as much as you want, if you have the money." Politics doesn't interest him much. "Zhu Rongji? I don't know much about politics, but at least Zhu understands the stock market." At 19 Lin Yan is too young to remember the bad days of meat rationing, but she has a fair idea of what the stock market is. She has already moved from working...
Talk about an emerging market... Thousands of Chinese are spending $10 a copy on a video of premier Zhu Rongji?s first press conference. The spectacle of a Chinese leader in an unscripted interaction with the media was so unusual in a nation dulled by broadcasts of anodyne speeches that an enterprising TV executive saw the opportunity and went with it. Sample of the wisecracking premier?s best-selling performance: ?Yesterday I saw my picture on the cover of the latest issue of TIME, which seemed to be better-looking than the one on the cover of Newsweek...
...only is Zhu Rongji an economic wizard, but he is also most definitely a personality. At a gathering I attended this year, he captivated a crowd of Chinese businessmen and government leaders during a half-hour talk on everything from Beijing bureaucracy to environmental protection and China's commitment not to devalue its currency. He tackled silly as well as serious subjects. Economic and political wizards are a dime a dozen, but few can cast serious problems in so humorous a light--and move the audience not only to laugh but also to do something. I hope the 69-year...