The new prime minister of China held a 90-minute news conference, confidently stating that, "No matter what is waiting in front of me - whether it be land mines or an abyss - I will blaze my trail." The trail apparently leads to less state industry, an end to subsidized housing as government becomes leaner by half, and an overhauled banking system. Notoably absent was a vow of political change. Zhu's comment on the party line that the Tiananmen Square crackdown was a good and necessary thing: "This conclusion will not be changed."
Zhu's Big Adventure
The new prime minister of China held a 90-minute news conference, confidently stating that, "No matter what is waiting in front of me - whether it be land mines or an abyss - I will blaze my trail." The trail apparently leads to less state industry, an end to subsidized housing as government becomes leaner by half, and an overhauled banking system. Notoably absent was a vow of political change. Zhu's comment on the party line that the Tiananmen Square crackdown was a good and necessary thing: "This conclusion will not be changed."
