President Jiang Zemin of China, eyeing potential labour unrest next year as economic reforms translate into lay-offs, has ordered police to step up efforts to safeguard social stability, state media reported. He told a law-enforcement conference that failure to keep the social peace as China deepens reforms could wipe out economic achievements.
- Reuters, Peking
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