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...NOTEBOOK China: Jiang Hangs Around Afghanistan: War on Drugs Milestones...
...NOTEBOOK China: Jiang Hangs Around Afghanistan: War on Drugs Milestones...
...hard to say good-bye, and China's outgoing President Jiang Zemin seems determined not to. Despite hopes for a real transfer of power to new Communist Party leader Hu Jintao, officials say Jiang will remain as chairman of the Central Military Commission for several more years. Army general Xu Caiyou, whom Jiang just promoted, declared that his boss's continued leadership ensures "lasting political stability." Less charitable observers have portrayed it as a simple lust for power...
...NOTEBOOK China: Jiang Hangs Around Afghanistan: War on Drugs Milestones...
...Jiang isn't breaking new ground by keeping the post?arguably the country's most important, since it makes him the military commander in chief. His predecessor, Deng Xiaoping, retained the Military Commission chairmanship for three years after relinquishing his other titles in 1987. Deng, however, hung on because he feared his leftist enemies would divert the country from economic reform. Jiang has no progressive agenda to defend, and some observers say he is sowing the seeds of political strife by clinging to power. "He's lost the chance to do something new and positive," complains one influential Party member...