Lawyers say the signs in the lobby listing the price of admission with the word "recommended" below in smaller type violate a 1893 law mandating the public be admitted free of charge at least five days and two evenings per week in exchange for monetary grants and rent-free use of city-owned land.

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But in 1992 China began to free up the distribution of land and factories for private use, and the corruption boom was under way.

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