(Concerned about the possibilities for unrest) China's Premier Wen Jiabao targets 'social stability'

[Turborama]

Source: BBC

China must ensure social stability by reducing inflation and corruption, Premier Wen Jiabao has told the parliament's annual session.

Mr Wen has been addressing about 3,000 delegates to open the National People's Congress in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

He says the government aims to keep inflation to within 4% and hit economic growth of 8%.

Mr Wen accepted that uneven economic development was a "serious problem".

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12654931

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China's been evacuating a lot of citizens from Arab countries lately (eg http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4758305">roughly 36,000 from Libya) & they'll have a lot of stories to tell when they get home...

[jwirr]

1. They may not know it but they are importing democracy. Word of

mouth is still the best communication.

[DeSwiss]

2. Sorry Mr. Wen.....

...but inflation is an inherent aspect of the capitalist economic model you've got yourselves into there.

- And the corruption part goes without saying.......

K&R