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"A final version of Qianhai's administrative regulation approved by the Standing Committee of the Shenzhen People's Congress on Monday deleted almost all the bold experimental measures that promised to learn from Hong Kong's experience.
These included the appointment of two Hong Kong members to its 11-member decision-making committee, having a Hong Kong-style independent commission against corruption and an ombudsman, and requiring all senior officials to declare their incomes and financial records."
A cross border common network would need to be censored to conform to China law. This would be unacceptable in Hong Kong.
Many people, it seemed, were offended by the presence of a store selling half-caf mocha frapuccinos in the most hallowed spot in China, a place where 24 emperors had ruled in almost unimaginable grandeur for nearly 500 years.
China's stupendous economic growth continues to impress, but serious corruption and developmental problems could ultimately derail this juggernaut
The same Communist Party apparatus so proficient at censoring the Internet can't keep peddlers in the heart of Beijing from selling ... fake iPods, despite solemn promises to Washington since the early 1990s about enforcing intellectual property rights.
"What I'm selling is a Chinese iPhone. It's not a fake iPhone. It works perfectly fine."
But Mao dragged the talks back to the topic of Chinese women.
"Let them go to your place. They will create disasters. That way you can lessen our burdens," he said. "Do you want our Chinese women? We can give you 10 million."
Dr Kissinger noted that
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