Word: zhu
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...political resurgence of hard-liners grouped around National People's Congress chairman Li Peng, China's number two leader, who wants reforms slowed down rather than speeded up (as China's entry into the World Trade Organization would require). The fact that it was arch-reformist Premier Zhu Rongji who issued some of the strongest threats yet against Taiwan on Wednesday may be a sign of the growing conservative strength within China's leadership. And that could be bad news for the entire reform project...