China faces wrenching changes after winning WTO membership

Wednesday, September 19, 2001

BEIJING -- They've had years to prepare, but China's companies, farmers and industrial workers face wrenching changes once they enter the free-market World Trade Organization, letting loose a flood of imports and foreign competition.

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