BEIJING has kept under wraps the many instructions issued by Deng Xiaoping since the winter for fear their publication would ignite another round of hyperinflation and instability.
Chinese sources said yesterday the General Office of the Central Committee was compiling a classified document based on the pronouncements of Mr Deng in the Shanghai area from early December to the end of February.
However, the sources said the leadership was in no hurry to disseminate the document for fear it would exacerbate divisions within the party and contradictions between the centre and the regions.
The themes of Mr Deng's edicts include ''do not be afraid to go faster [in development]''; ''when talking about development, we must have new ideas''; and ''we'll lose the opportunity if we procrastinate.'' The only official account of Mr Deng's talk in Shanghai was in a terse Xinhua (New China News Agency) dispatch on Lunar New Year's Day.
In a January 13 commentary, the Shanghai-based Liberation Daily, considered a Deng mouthpiece, assembled a number of Mr Deng's more controversial dictums.
The commentary, however, was not picked up by the national media.