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As land prices shot up because of the reforms, party officials across China were confiscating property from peasant farmers, selling it to developers, and pocketing a hefty cut. Speaking personally, Francois said he was not convinced the British public wanted a fourth election in seven years. Politicians came from Beijing to study the "Chongqing model". One of them was a rising star named Xi Jinping.   irannews.ru The only thing that remains from Mao-era China is the party. And that, she says, is what Xi truly cares about. By 1989, that included General Secretary Zhao Ziyang, a reformist. "China is now doing all sorts of things that it's always wanted to do but wasn't powerful enough to do," Mr McGregor says. "Taiwan was always there. The South China Sea was always there. Taking on America, driving it out of Asia was always an ambition, but they didn't say it out loud." Comparing Xi Jinping to Mao Zedong is "inane", scoffs Rebecca Karl, a professor of Chinese History at New York University.
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