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...Tsinghua University has appointed former Goldman Sachs president John Thornton professor of global leadership, making him the first U.S. businessman to teach at the school since the 1949 revolution. During his 24 years at Goldman, Thornton helped the firm become a force in Europe, Japan and China, where Zhu Rongji, the reformist former Prime Minister and a dean at Tsinghua, was a confidant. Thornton has insisted that he's focused on teaching, but don't expect a globe-trotting rainmaker to spend all his time holding office hours or grading papers. Besides his ties to Goldman, Thornton sits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Briefing: Sep 22, 2003 | 9/22/2003 | See Source »

...consulting business from home, she spent much of her time courting California's political players. She was host of a fund raiser for the failed gubernatorial race of former L.A. mayor Richard Riordan and gave $10,000 to his campaign. When Chinese leaders Jiang Zemin and Zhu Rongji came to town, Leung organized 1,000-guest receptions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: To China with Love | 4/21/2003 | See Source »

...consulting business from home, she spent much of her time courting California's political players. She was host of a fund raiser for the failed gubernatorial race of former L.A. mayor Richard Riordan and gave $10,000 to his campaign. When Chinese leaders Jiang Zemin and Zhu Rongji came to town, Leung organized 1,000-guest receptions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: To China with Love | 4/21/2003 | See Source »

...Congress, when it opens March 5 to rubber-stamp Wen's promotion to Premier, will complete a generational changing of the guard. The enigmatic Hu Jintao, already named last year to lead the Communist Party, is set to succeed Jiang Zemin as President. Meanwhile Wen, 60, will replace Zhu Rongji. He has some size-14 hobnailed boots to fill. The brilliant but overbearing Zhu, 74, brought China into the World Trade Organization and hacked away for a decade at the stultifying vestiges of the command economy. For the world's most prominent businessmen, including Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and former...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Plastic Premier | 3/3/2003 | See Source »

...spent the bulk of his career as a bureaucrat at China's central bank, the People's Bank of China. His star rose there in 1994, a troubled time when inflation hit 24% and the economy was hobbled by a myriad of off-the-book loans between corporations. Zhu Rongji, then China's Vice Premier, was determined to untangle the mess. In meetings on the issue, "Shang impressed Zhu with his ability to cite numbers off the top of his head," recalls one of Shang's former bank colleagues. In addition, Shang is "likable and gives you a sense...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's New stock cop | 1/6/2003 | See Source »

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