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Summary State-owned industry should not be privatized, a Chinese protestor said.
A protester has disrupted a news conference by World Bank president Robert Zoellick, highlighting tensions over the banks recommendation for Beijing to reduce the dominance of government-owned companies.Zoellick had just begun speaking at the event Tuesday in the banks Beijing office when a Chinese man stood up and shouted slogans including, State-owned industry should not be privatized He handed out leaflets criticizing the proposed changes before bank staff ushered him out.Zoellick said the recommendations in a report released Monday by the bank and a Chinese Cabinet think tank have provoked intense debate in China. He said they were likely to provoke opposition.The report calls for sweeping changes to keep growth on track and raise incomes.
