Word: premiered
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...kowtow the U.S. did. The American negotiators obligingly traveled to Beijing, where Jiang kept his distance from the talks, sending in Premier Zhu Rongji to thrash out the details. Once the pact was signed, however, Jiang elbowed Zhu aside. "The photo op was Jiang's," says Charlene Barshefsky, the U.S. Trade Representative, who led the American team...
...problem is that there is much in China that needs breaking. In fine imperial tradition, Jiang has left this task to an underling. While Jiang pacifies by practicing the art of the possible, it is Premier Zhu who prefers--even enjoys--sharpening his teeth on the impossible. Zhu staked his personal prestige on doing a WTO deal single-handedly when he traveled to the U.S. in April--and failed when the White House decided a deal was politically unwise. Jiang patiently waited for Clinton to approach him, meanwhile building a consensus among the Chinese leadership that made the final negotiations...
This is still hard for many to acknowledge. Ontario Premier Mike Harris raised Canadian eyebrows last month when he suggested that his province placed its highest priority on relations with the states of the U.S. Midwest. "I really see you as very, very strong allies," he told a meeting of Great Lakes Governors in Cleveland. "More so than many parts of Canada." The implication that Ontario might line up with Michigan, Wisconsin or Ohio against sister provinces--or even Ottawa--if economic interests required it was hard to miss. Was this sedition...
...Moreover, Greeks are particularly angry at Washington this year over NATO's bombing of Kosovo. Still, "no one believed security conditions were so bad that the President could not come," says a senior American official. U.S. diplomats tried to blame Athens for the scheduling gaffe, insisting Greek Premier COSTAS SIMITIS changed his mind after promising U.S. Ambassador NICK BURNS that no permit would be issued for a large protest in front of the U.S. embassy on Nov. 13, the original date for Clinton's arrival. But THEODOSSIS DEMETRICOPOULOS, the Greek-embassy spokesman in Washington, says "no promises were made." Once...
...want to be a prime minister in Pakistan? Just-deposed premier Nawaz Sharif found himself in the Big House Monday, facing charges of kidnapping and attempted murder - and there's a warrant out for his predecessor, too. Benazir Bhutto, however, is relatively safe, living in exile in London. But don't forget her father, the previous civilian prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who was hanged in 1977. In an exclusive courtroom interview with TIME during his Friday appearance, Nawaz indicated he had no idea of the charges against him. When the judge read the indictment, the clearly disoriented ex-prime...