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...even more difficult for the players when they involve no substantial negotiations. That's because every word and gesture is carefully parsed for signs of conflict. So it may be a sign of the maturing of the U.S.-China relationship that Presidents George W. Bush and Jiang Zemin felt comfortable enough to politely disagree on a number of points in their Thursday press conference...
When President Bush heads to Beijing next week, all the persistent U.S.-China hot points--human rights, arms proliferation, Tibet, Taiwan--are sure to arise. But the potentially explosive issue of the 27 surveillance devices found over the bed and in the bathroom of Chinese President Jiang Zemin's American-made and -outfitted personal jet may not even be raised. First reported last month, the presence of the bugs has elicited almost no reaction on either side, prompting speculation among China watchers as to why Jiang, who aggressively vied to win diplomatic concessions after the Sino-U.S. spy-plane...
...Chinese Communist Party Congress all goes to plan, President Jiang Zemin steps aside for current No. 2 Hu Jintao but installs his protégé Zeng Qinghong as vice president...
...comment Saturday on a Washington Post report that military officers in CHINA had removed 27 listening devices from a Boeing 767-300 delivered to President Jiang Zemin in August after it was refitted in Texas. The Chinese allege that the U.S. planted the BUGS, described as highly sophisticated devices capable of being activated by satellite. The Chinese paid $150 million for the now grounded airliner, which was intended to be Jiang's PERSONAL AIRCRAFT. The report promises to complicate U.S.-China relations as Jiang and President Bush prepare for a SUMMIT, scheduled for Feb. 21, in Beijing...
CHINA Bugged China found more than two dozen sophisticated spying devices in the upholstery of a new Boeing 767 that was to be President Jiang Zemin's official jet, according to reports in the Financial Times and the Washington Post. Officials did not know how or when the bugs were planted on the aircraft, which was under Chinese surveillance while it was being furnished in the U.S. The discovery comes weeks ahead of a summit between Presidents Jiang and Bush in Beijing...