http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/15/international/15WEB-CHIN.html?pagewanted=1
China Juggles the Conflicting Pressures of a Society in Transition
By CRAIG S. SMITH
Stability in China can seem reassuringly deep, anchored by the inertia of an
older generation worn out from decades of politically driven chaos and a
younger generation transfixed by the promise of material gain.
But Chinese society is still only midstream in its difficult transition from a
centrally planned economy to a market driven o
