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As the winter sun sets, farmers sweep and shovel corn into a threshing machine north of Beijing Thursday. Prices for corn in China are expected to rise by about 10 percent in 1994 because of strong foreign demand and a limited supply. In Beijing, Vice Premier Zhu Rongji was quoted as saying his program of cooling rapid economic growth had not been abandoned despite reports that credit controls had been eased. "This view is a misunderstanding because we have not eased money supply on a big scale." Zhu said China still hoped to bring inflation down to single digits nationwide next year from the current 12 percent. Inflation in cities tops 21 percent a year.