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September 8, 2010

Beijing Must Act Quickly on Political Reforms

Frank Ching, China Post

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While China has made great strides in economic development in the last 30 years and is now the world's second largest economy, this has not been matched by similar progress in political reforms.

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TAGGED: Wen Jiabao, Hu Jintao, China, Shenzhen, Deng

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