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The Lang–Gu dispute ( Chinese: 郎顾之争; pinyin: Láng–Gù zhī zhēng) was a dispute in China about the privatization process adopted during Deng Xiaoping's reforms. New Left academic Larry Lang ( 郎咸平), a critic of the reforms, accused a private entrepreneur, Gu Chujun ( 顾雏军), of having usurped state assets. Gu was later imprisoned in January 2008. [1] This incidence had a short-term effect on the Chinese government, who halted privatizations after the debate. Generally, Chinese academic has reservation about this debate.