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10/18/2005:

"Wolfowitz Urges China to Give Citizens More Say"

BEIJING (Reuters) - World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz prodded China on Tuesday to give more power to the people for the sake of sustaining strong economic growth.

Wolfowitz, a staunch conservative who served as deputy U.S. secretary of defense before joining the bank, said China had made progress in giving a voice to ordinary citizens but needed to do much more.

Skip to next paragraph ``Such issues as the rule of law and the role of civil society are important non-economic factors in development -- as important or perhaps more important than the traditional inputs of labor and capital,'' Wolfowitz said.
nytimes.com
Ah irony of ironies...