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August 2006

Domestic distractions are no excuse for China to ignore its international obligations. Beijing must counterbalance US reservations and throw its weight behind the UN

China's leaders could do without external distractions. They have a difficult enough job to do anyway without being too bothered by turbulence in the outside world.

The attack recently by party hard-liners on further efforts to reform the banking system reminded us of what is bound to be the leadership's primary preoccupation. It is of course true, as the die-hards insisted, that the more you loosen the party's grip on the economy, the more difficult it becomes to tighten ...

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