Hu says China stands by Games pledges, web curbs lifted (Reuters)

Chinese President Hu Jintao gestures as he answers journalists questions during a group interview at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing August 1, 2008. China's priority is to maintain steady, fast growth while containing price pressures, President Hu Jintao said on Friday. Speaking to a select group of foreign reporters at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Hu said Beijing would continue to strengthen and improve macroeconomic controls that have produced five straight years of double-digit growth. (Reinhard Krause/Reuters)Reuters - Chinese President Hu Jintao said his
country would stand by pledges made when it was awarded the
Olympics as Games officials deflected fire over Internet
censorship on Friday by lifting restrictions.

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