It is for this reason that the Chinese leadership has made every effort to reassure the sources of vital technology and capital in the West that investments already made in the PRC are secure and that the opportunities for high profits in the future are better than ever.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center for Security Policy | Western Corporations�� ��Short March�� Back To China: Bad Business, Awful Public Relations, Dangerous Policy

In response to popular calls for direct elections in 2007 for the Chief Executive and 2008 for all of the Legislative Council, as allowed under the Basic Law, the PRC's National People's Congress Standing Committee has made some telling and worrisome moves in recent weeks.

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