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Sunday, March 14, 2004

China enshrines private property rights in Constitution
Bernard Hibbitts at 10:21 AM ET

The Chinese National People's Congress Sunday officially enshrined private property protection in the Chinese constitution by approving an amendment declaring "legal private property is not to be encroached upon." This is fourth amendment to the Chinese Constitution since 1949, and is described by diplomatic observers as a "sea-change in the ruling Communist Party's thinking." The Press Trust of India has more from Beijing.

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