Timesman Howard French, who has been their man in China for quite a while, continues his series from the North Korean border. The theme is that North Korea is experimenting with market reforms inspired by the experience of China, but some of the reforms are quite novel - he saves the best for last, and so shall we. Some excerpts:
The view from China, though, in cities like this, where small groups of North Koreans can be found in the downtown shops and hotels, scouring the city for bargains, is of a country already well into an experiment, however uncertain, aimed at rebuilding its economy and even opening up, ever so gingerly, to the outside world.
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