A "New Left" Movement in China against WTO

[qualiall_2 at yahoo.com]

I stumbled across this article doing a search for China+WTO in hopes I 
could find more information regarding another very small, undetailed 
article that I stumbled across in regards to the loss of State Run jobs 
in China due to entry into the WTO (it was a small caption on a picture 
that showed a homeless man eating from the garbage in Beijing)--I didn't 
find any articles which went into more detail, but I did find this of 
interest---there are claims of a "New Left" movement springing up in 
China (this article is a few months old, so you may of already seen 
this)---very interesting---

Anti-WTO Force Grows in China 

http://dailynews.muzi.com/ll/english/1020997.shtml 

[LatelineNews: 2000-11-21] Beijing - Opposition within China to the 
nation's entry to the World Trade Organization is growing after the U.S. 
denied requests for a delay in tariff cuts, the Financial Times Internet 
site reported, quoting Li Yining, deputy director of the finance and 
economy committee at the National People's Congress. 
``WTO accession will bring a shock to many sectors of the economy. Apart 
from the textiles industry, the opening of all other sectors will come 
as a big shock to them,'' the report quotes Li as saying. He said a 
``new left'' has emerged in Chinese politics which ``strongly believe 
that the disadvantages (of WTO accession) outweigh the advantages.'' 

China's leadership is seen committed to joining the WTO sometime in the 
next few months, though Li's comments and the request for delayed tariff 
cuts represent clear signs of significant bureaucratic opposition in 
Beijing over concessions the leadership made in negotiations with the 
U.S. and European Union, the newspaper said. 

The dismantling of trade barriers after China joins the WTO will give 
the country an edge in wooing makers of everything from garments to 
electronic parts. That could mean an exodus from Southeast Asia, the 
region's traditional low-cost manufacturing hub. 

Muzi.com LatelineNews 

 http://dailynews.muzi.com/ll/english/1020997.shtml