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On Tuesday, China’s premier suggested that momentous changes were coming to the country’s financial sector.  “Frankly, our banks make profits far too easily,” Wen Jiabao said on state-run China National Radio.  “Why?  Because a small number of major banks occupy a monopoly position, meaning one can only go to them for loans and capital.”  China’s top economic official then made a startling suggestion:  “That’s why right now, as we’re dealing with the issue of getting private capital into the finance sector, essentially, that means we have to break up their monopoly.”