Word: rongji
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...late 1980s, there was no way a peasant's son from rural China could have contemplated hopping between jobs, getting an education and applying for a job with "Goldman Sachs or Citicorp," as Zhong hopes to do. Today, with the economic reform being pressed by Zhu Rongji, the new Premier, the Chinese dream knows no limits. "Making money has become the thing to do in China; people judge you by how wealthy you are," says Zhong. "It is all a search for respect...
Talk about an emerging market... Thousands of Chinese are spending $10 a copy on a video of premier Zhu Rongji?s first press conference. The spectacle of a Chinese leader in an unscripted interaction with the media was so unusual in a nation dulled by broadcasts of anodyne speeches that an enterprising TV executive saw the opportunity and went with it. Sample of the wisecracking premier?s best-selling performance: ?Yesterday I saw my picture on the cover of the latest issue of TIME, which seemed to be better-looking than the one on the cover of Newsweek...
...have predicted quite accurately the challenges faced by Zhu Rongji in the years ahead [WORLD, March 16] as China's new Premier. But Zhu's greatest strength is also his weakness. He has Western fans who admire his grasp of detail, but he has only narrow support in China's bureaucracy. Leftists do not like his familiarity with market economics. Conservatives accuse him of neglecting inland provinces, and the Young Turks of Beijing are jealous of his rapid rise. All these factors make Zhu less threatening and more acceptable to President and party leader Jiang Zemin. Also, one needs...
Many political analysts speculate that Zhu Rongji is the emerging "strong Premier" for China. There is no doubt that he has demonstrated a flair for the job. But his political ambitions require more than being a strong Premier. His efforts to downsize the government will definitely be met with firm resistance from a wide range of bureaucrats. The nation today is not like the China of old, when the one-man shows of Mao and Deng could be played on the political stage. To succeed nowadays, top leaders need to demonstrate unity and abandon political juggling. JEAN K. LAM Hong...
...only is Zhu Rongji an economic wizard, but he is also most definitely a personality. At a gathering I attended this year, he captivated a crowd of Chinese businessmen and government leaders during a half-hour talk on everything from Beijing bureaucracy to environmental protection and China's commitment not to devalue its currency. He tackled silly as well as serious subjects. Economic and political wizards are a dime a dozen, but few can cast serious problems in so humorous a light--and move the audience not only to laugh but also to do something. I hope the 69-year...