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...moment, the man who has the inside track is President Jiang Zemin, who last week held a sort of mini-summit with President Bill Clinton in New York City. Clinton and Jiang talked for two hours at Lincoln Center without reaching any new agreements. But they were determined to demonstrate publicly that Sino-American relations, which have been strained and verging on bad, are starting to improve. White House spokesman Michael McCurry offered a painstaking formulation: Clinton was "confident that we have begun a process that will lead to a series of dialogues that will help improve the opportunity...
...control? A search is beginning for a process in which China's people can have some say in public affairs and see some evidence that their leaders respect them. It is a commonplace that all-powerful, charismatic Mao and Deng were in the tradition of China's Emperors. Jiang Zemin and his rivals are mere politicians. They must be responsive ones, or the tiger will toss them off its back...
...50th anniversary. The proceedings began on Sunday when 191 leaders and other officials--representing enemies, allies and everything in between--stood side by side to pose for a photograph. Bill Clinton was there in the front row, with U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali on his left and Jiang Zemin of China on his right. Relations between the U.S. and China may be strained, but Clinton and Jiang chatted animatedly during the session. Boris Yeltsin was also in the front row (two places to the right of Clinton), standing to the left of France's new conservative President Jacques Chirac...
Getting 191 heads of state, vice-presidents, foreign ministers and U.N. observers organized Sunday for a group photo was not easy, reports TIME's Marguerite Michaels. "Chatting was going on up and down the rows. President Clinton was standing next to President Jiang Zemin from China, and the two of them were in earnest conversation as the rest of the troops milled around behind them. Meantime the photographer was telling people to 'just shift left half a foot,' 'In the fourth row can you move in a little closer?' On the right end of the third row an older...
FlorCruz says the Chinese government will try to downplay any attacks if at all possible. "The government needs Hillary Clinton there to add prestige to this conference, and it wants to smooth things over to facilitate the upcoming (October) summit meeting between Chinese President Jiang Zemin and President Clinton. The media so far has downplayed coverage, and the government will try to play the polite host...