Word: zhu
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...entry into the WTO may have strengthened the hand of Beijing's economic reformers, but that may not be enough to reverse the setbacks they've suffered over the past year in the factional political battles inside China's ruling Communist party. Although the reformers grouped around Prime Minister Zhu Rongji had hoped to use the market-opening requirements of WTO membership to leverage an accelerated transition toward a free market economy, they've encountered increasing resistance from hard-liners led by National People's Congress president Li Peng...
...path to capitalism. Last August, Jiang called for a revitalization - rather than privatization - of state-owned enterprises, stressing they'd play an integral role in China's future. And in February, the National People's Congress claimed an increased slice of authority over economic policy, which had previously been Zhu's domain...
...Zhu's power within Beijing's closed political system suffered a serious setback in April last year when he failed to bring home a deal from Washington, where he'd gone to negotiate a final agreement on WTO membership. (Although the two sides had been close to agreement on trade matters, the Clinton administration was politically unable to press a deal with Beijing amid the fallout from nuclear espionage allegations.) But skepticism over rapid reform has grown over the past year, less because of Maoist nostalgia than out of concern that its immediate consequences - massive unemployment with no social safety...
...worry about the future under the new President, whose Democratic Progressive Party (D.P.P.) has a history of espousing Taiwanese independence. China has long threatened invasion if Taiwan declares independence, and it waged a strong war of words against Chen's candidacy. This culminated last Wednesday in an attack by Zhu Rongji, the reform-minded Premier, normally a moderate regarding Taiwan. Zhu warned voters in Taiwan against "impulse" voting: "Otherwise I'm afraid you won't get another opportunity to regret." He said Chinese were prepared to "shed blood" to protect their territory, and dismissed Western military analysts who say China...
Warning lights began flashing across Asia and as far away as Washington. If Zhu the moderate was talking war, what were the hawks in the People's Liberation Army planning? U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen, touring Asia, said Beijing's "threat of the use of force is counterproductive." Later, in Washington, the State Department summoned China's ambassador, Li Zhaoxing, to protest China's threats and ask Beijing to tone down its rhetoric...