China solicits comment via Internet

BEIJING (AP) - In the week since the Chinese government went to the
Internet for the first time to solicit public opinion, it has been deluged
with ideas about how to lead China into the future. Some have appealed for
a serious effort to eliminate corruption. Others want more spending on
education. One called the exercise a waste of time until the government
grants Chinese real freedom of speech. Since the State Development Planning
Commission opened the site on Dec. 1 to solicit views for China's next
five-year plan, 3,000 users have checked it out and about a third have left
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