Word: zemin
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...authoritarian society, China sure seems to want to talk: First Jiang Zemin not only wanted to discuss Tiananmen Square and Tibet and human rights; he wanted to do it live on Chinese television. Then President Clinton's Monday address to Beijing University students -- and their feisty response at question time -- was also broadcast live to a nation unused to viewing any unscripted politics. "Saturday's candid exchange on camera could help Clinton silence critics in Washington who opposed his China visit," says TIME White House correspondent Jay Branegan. "And that could only help China...
...Clinton's staff felt the President hit a home run on the human rights issue in Saturday press conference with Jiang Zemin. They were ecstatic about the debate between Jiang and Clinton -- they thought they'd never see anything like it -- and that it was broadcast live to the whole nation...
...House correspondent Jay Branegan. "Although he'll meet with Hong Kong's elected democrats, seeking meetings with dissidents would be taken as an insult by Beijing, and that's not his purpose." Still, by arresting dissidents a day after refusing entry visas to journalists from Radio Free Asia, Jiang Zemin's government isn't exactly making Clinton's China policy an easy sell -- but then, they don't have poll numbers to worry about...
TIME: Do you feel you can deal with Jiang Zemin and other Chinese leaders...
...uncomfortable truth is that Taiwan is already independent in all but name and that Beijing is sharpening its weapons to reverse the process. Last month Chinese President Jiang Zemin summoned his top officials for a three-day review of Taiwan policy and urged them to "speed up the reunification of the motherland." Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan says Taiwan is "the most important core issue" in relations with the U.S., and President Bill Clinton will hear all about that when he arrives in China next week...