Word: jianli
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...that Taiwan is part of China and its leaders are only leaders of a region in China." Beijing prefers a peaceful reunification, said Li, the man generally credited with sending tanks against democracy demonstrators in 1989, "but we have not forsworn the use of force." Foreign Ministry spokesman Chen Jian even suggested a timetable of sorts, saying that after China reclaims Hong Kong in 1997 and Macau in 1999, then Taiwan will be "high on the agenda of the Chinese people...
...Song Jian, minister of the state Science and Technology Commission and chair of the State Environmental Protection Commission for the People's Republic of China, spoke at the Kennedy School of Government last night, extolling China's steps toward increased economic prosperity and environmental protection...
...threat of "further action if necessary" (i.e., sanctions) should North Korea continue to block international inspection of its nuclear sites. But China insisted on a milder statement urging compliance. "We don't think that the council should act in a threatening way," said Beijing's Deputy U.N. Ambassador Chen Jian. But North Korea repudiated the kinder, gentler statement anyway...
...that the popular Li Jing -- China's premier gymnast -- is a stuffed shirt. "Gymnasts only look big because TV screens are so small," he says with a wink. Among his teammates, he's the life of the party. "Li Jing is always a joker," says his coach Zhang Jian. "Except, of course, during competition, when it counts...
...official Xinhua News Agency has remained silent about the quake since issuing a late-night statement Monday that Premier Li Peng expressed sympathy to the victims and that State Councilor Song Jian had been dispatched to oversee rescue work...