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University President Lawrence H. Summers returned last night from a five-day swing through China in which he addressed Harvard alumni, toured two Chinese universities and met with China’s President Jiang Zemin...
...beckoned the North to link their tracks to all of the riches of democracy on the other side of the Demilitarized Zone. Privately, the administration told South Korean officials that they would be reaching out in more formal ways in the coming weeks. Bush also asked Chinese leader Jiang Zemin for help making the connections ,just as he'd tapped Japanese leaders two days before in Tokyo for their help reaching out to Iran...
...Nothing would please Chinese President Jiang Zemin more than bonding with Bush. He needs America. Jiang faces probably the most bruising power struggle of his career as he tries to secure his legacy by placing his protEgEs on crucial perches before he retires at a year-end Party Congress. Having sold himself as a statesman, he risks tarnishing that image if relations with the world's only superpower plummet like a downed spy plane. "If Jiang can show that relations with the U.S. are in good shape, it will enable him to appoint more...
...while Beijing brutalizes cults and other unrecognized faiths, it has allowed increased freedom to members of religions that are officially registered. In December a document issued by a party work conference, attended by the likes of President Jiang Zemin and Premier Zhu Rongji, declared religion in China "has moved onto the track of legalization and regularization." That doesn't sound like much, but it raised a glimmer of hope that the government might legalize some currently underground denominations. "We hope it means underground churches will be able to register and receive government protection without having to change the way they...
China Korean Problems U.S. President George W. Bush wound up a three-nation Asian tour with agreement from China's Jiang Zemin to help promote dialogue between the U.S. and North Korea. But Pyongyang rejected any suggestion of talks, saying Bush's criticisms of North Korea, made during a visit to South Korea, had insulted leader Kim Jong...