Following are excerpts from the interview, which was reprinted in the Beijing Review, China's English-language weekly.

Beijing Review 47 (23).

In an article in the official Beijing Review in December, a Beijing University economist predicted a vast expansion of shareholding.

And unsuccessful exorcisms have also left many people dead, 24 in one county alone, the official Beijing Review reported last month.

An account of the Dome A expedition (Beijing Review, May 2005)

A meeting with the staff of Beijing Review indicated that urban and social problems were being recognized and resolved.

The Beijing Review said Sanlu expects to have to pay compensation claims totaling 700 million, and it became clear the company would be broken up and sold.

An article in a recent issue of Beijing Review reports that most Chinese support euthanasia for terminally ill people because they are a "burden" on their families and society.

Beijing Review, 51(33), 12-13.

The four magazines are Beijing Review, China Today, China Pictorial, and People's China.