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Low quality opposition parties are responsible for the landslide victory of the People's Action Party of Singapore on November 3, 2001. The government claims to want more responsible rival parties, but the ruling party continues to woo voters with promises of improvements to public works by neighborhood and warnings that opposition-supported neighborhoods will lose public funding. The government's method of tabulating votes makes it possible to calculate how each neighborhood voted, allowing politicians to to reward their constituents or ignore the people who did not vote for them.
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Privatization could bring economic benefits to India by encouraging competition and higher productivity; however, critics believe that the government is selling public-sector undertakings too cheaply. Currently, privatizations are used mainly to plug gaps in India's budget, but reformers hope that company sales will increase to ward off a financial crisis.
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The Chinese Communist Party elite are secretly meeting to set next year's political agenda, which will include selecting the new party general secretary. Hu Jintao is the leading candidate, but current leader Jiang Zemin may refuse to step down. Some groups are criticizing Jiang, and democratic reforms may be on the horizon.
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