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...opposition parties said they would ally with Islamic groups to name a joint candidate for Prime Minister. Their choice, Maulana Fazlur Rahman, is a pro-Taliban politician and religious scholar known to be fiercely critical of Musharraf and his alliance with the U.S. CHINA Ring in the New President Jiang Zemin called for the Communist Party to embrace the market and accept entrepreneurs as members. Jiang's speech came as party delegates met to choose new leaders. Vice President Hu Jintao is expected to take over as President, but Jiang is likely to preserve his power by placing allies...
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...
...some of China's wealthiest citizens and those accused of being their official patrons. The political system desperately needs reform. And China's leadership will take time to gel?even though now, with his key prot?g? Zeng Qinghong apparently ready to accede to the Politburo's Standing Committee, Jiang appears increasingly likely to step down as planned, safe in the knowledge that his influence will remain secure with Zeng around. As Jiang cryptically put it before leaving for the U.S.: "It's just too chilly to remain at this high altitude...
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...