BEIJING: China's parliament amended the constitution yesterday to protect private property, a landmark move that waters down the core Communist ideology of the world's most populous nation.
But Premier Wen Jiabao, a populist and cautious reformer, has not forgotten the roots of the party, which was once the vanguard of the proletariat but now tries to be everything to everyone.
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