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...China's leaders can only hope that the North heeds their wishes. During the October summit in Crawford, Texas, Jiang told President Bush he did not have frequent contact with Kim. Bush said he had never met North Korea's "Dear Leader," and asked if, in Jiang's more informed opinion, Kim is a "peaceful man." Jiang, according to an American official, leaned forward and broke into English to reply, "Honestly, I don't know...
This goal cannot be accomplished without the cooperation of China, North Korea’s most significant ally both ideologically and economically. During his recent visit to Crawford, Texas, Chinese President Jiang Zemin asserted that he hopes to see a Korean peninsula free of nuclear weapons and that he will aid the Bush administration in exerting pressure on North Korea to forego its nuclear development project. Despite these positive statements, it remains to be seen whether, after the Nov. 8 Party Congress during which it is expected that Jiang will step down, China will continue to pursue the issue...
...Jiang Zemin and George W. Bush chowed down on a barbecue lunch last week at Bush's Crawford ranch retreat in Texas, they were the picture of congeniality-even taking a tour of the ranch in Bush's pickup truck. But was this just a pose for the cameras, or the beginning of a genuinely warm friendship between the two giant nations? Neither. For both countries, being pragmatic and reaching an accommodation with each other has become a matter of the highest policy priority. It's not that they want so much to be with one another, but that they...
...relationship. They are using it in the war against terrorism, and they will doubtlessly do so in pressuring North Korea to peacefully give up its nukes. More than ever, in a dangerous world, China and the U.S. are locked in a mutually-beneficial embrace. This is the message from Crawford. America doesn't need China as an enemy, and China doesn't want America as an enemy. This is so today and it can remain so for a long time...
Person of the Week As Chinese President, Jiang Zemin has seen relations with the U.S. rise and fall and rise again. Now, after a triumphant visit to George W. Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas, Jiang seems ready to ride off into the sunset with a diplomatic coup in his saddlebag. He is expected to hand over his reins to a new posse of leaders this month...