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...thaw brought on by last week's release ofHarry Wuand First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton's decision to attend a women's conference in China could result in a summit between President Clinton and Chinese President Jiang Zemin. Of course,there's a catch. The Chinese Foreign Ministry today suggested the two leaders might meet if the U.S. "honors its commitment on the question of Taiwan."As far as Beijing is concerned, Washington reneged on its promise to support "one China" when Clinton approved a U.S. visa for Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui to visit Cornell last June. "For starters...
...confusion and factionalism within the government. Chinese history is replete with episodes of political chaos following the death of an Emperor, and Deng Xiaoping, like Mao Zedong before him, is universally viewed in imperial terms. Official rhetoric has portrayed a new core leadership headed by party secretary Jiang Zemin, ready to step into the shoes of the nonagenarians who joined Mao on the Long March and have have ruled the country since 1949. Jiang is the third would-be Deng successor in nearly 15 years, and most Chinese wonder whether he will be any luckier than Mao's chosen heir...
...constitution. He also seemed ready to flex some political muscle of his own. During the Congress, record numbers of Deputies voted against several of Jiang's candidates, a sign of the Congress's growing independence and Qiao's willingness to make common cause with provincial leaders worried about Jiang Zemin's accumulation of power...
Paramount among the collective leadership group is President and Communist Party chief Jiang Zemin. In spite of those titles, Jiang is viewed as a lightweight politician and possibly a short-term transition figure. An easy way to toughen up his unimpressive image is to stand up to the U.S. on trade. Jiang is unlikely to offer anything that could be read as a concession to Washington...
...political challenge, Deng's demise will throw open the question of how to fill the space he leaves behind. Officially, that question has already been answered. Since 1989, Communist Party rulers have been laying the groundwork for a stable transition to a generation of leaders grouped around President Jiang Zemin, who was anointed by Deng as the core of a new collective leadership...