Word: qiao
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...there is one likely future challenger to Jiang it is Qiao Shi, 71, chairman of the National People's Congress and a member of the Politburo's inner standing committee. Though the Congress has always been a rubber stamp for the party, Qiao is making a serious effort to turn it into a functioning legislature--and in the process use it as a power base. Some experts believe Qiao has liberalizing tendencies...
However, Jiang has some competition for the mantle of Mr. Clean. Qiao Shi, current chairman of the National People's Congress, said obliquely last January that the anticorruption campaign should be spearheaded by the legislature and not the party's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. At the end of the annual legislative session last month, Qiao called on parliaments at all levels to perform their duties in strict accordance with the country's constitution. He also seemed ready to flex some political muscle of his own. During the Congress, record numbers of Deputies voted against several of Jiang's candidates...
...Qiao has another ploy at his disposal. As the former head of China's secret police, he undoubtedly has plenty of evidence of corruption among Jiang's allies. The last thing Jiang can afford when gathering allies for a post-Deng power struggle is the threat that they or their children could become targets. That may be impossible to avoid in today's China. "Everyone is on the take," says an Asian diplomat in Beijing, "from top bureaucrats to doctors and waitresses." "It's been said there are three options," says Lilley. "Shoot the corrupt, let them go free...
...announced, "I'm back," mothers and fathers would bring their infants to the Berto Center in suburban Deerfield, Illinois, where the Bulls practice, just to see Jordan's red Corvette. And it wasn't just Chicago that was devoted to Michael. When the news of the return of Qiao Dan (pronounced tshoo dun) was announced over loudspeakers at an army basketball game in Beijing on March 19, players and fans alike cheered wildly...
Jockeying for position within the upper ranks of the party has already begun. The man who seems best positioned to emerge on top is Qiao Shi, 70, chairman of the National People's Congress. Described as a "mystery man" because of his service in China's shadowy intelligence service, Qiao is a contender because he commands strategic loyalties among generals, police and party conservatives. He is also virtually untarnished by the Tiananmen massacre; unofficial accounts say he abstained from a Politburo vote on whether to send in the military. His leadership abilities and attempt to bring some clout...