China strives for a - wince - middle class.(WORLD)

From: The Christian Science Monitor | Date: November 25, 2002 | Copyright information

Byline: Robert Marquand Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

BEIJING -- At the 16th Communist Party Congress earlier this month, outgoing President Jiang Zemin cited a main goal for China as being what he termed xiao kang - or a well-off life. The 5,000-year-old phrase refers to a condition of prosperity, and evokes something similar to the "car in every garage, and chicken in every pot" adage in the United States.

While the gap between rich and poor here quickly widens, China's leaders are engaged in a delicate dance of words and concepts as they try to create ...

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