Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.latimes.news From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: American Economist Recruited by China Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 11:08:11 EST Message-ID: HEADLINE: American Economist Recruited by China Publication Date: Tuesday November 10, 1992 BYLINE: China has recruited a Nobel prize-winning economist from the United States to help pilot the nation's economic reforms, the official People's Daily reported today. Lawrence Klein, an authority on analysis of economic data who won the 1980 Nobel for economics, was guest of honor at a ceremony Monday held by the State Planning Commission, a government arm that overseas economic planning. China is forging ahead with sweeping reforms that are rapidly dismantling Marxist state planning in favor of a market economy. This article is copyright 1992 The Los Angeles Times Home Edition. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM