... China Communist Party Congress leadership transition Bo Xilai Chongqing Hu Jintao Xi Jinping Deng Xiaoping Jiang Zemin economy 203 Since Mao Zedong s death, the Chinese Com-munist Party (CCP) has convened a party congress every five years. For this year s gath- ering, localities...

... the Communist Party's rule, not necessarily to make China more democratic. © 2004 Current History. All rights reserved. 2004 The Regents of the University of California China communism Soviet Union capitalism Jiang Zemin Three Represents Marxism SARS Hu Jintao Wen Jiabao The party has...

... George Bush Taiwan September WTO Hu Jintao Jiang Zemin Iraq North Korea In the immediate aftermath of his election inNovember 2000, President George W. Bushproclaimed China a strategic competitor and asserted that US policy in Asia should be reoriented toward American allies in the region...

... Kong China Beijing Tung Chee-hwa Jiang Zemin Communism democracy demonstration Antony Leung Regina Ip Hong Kong has little choice but to try to make the one country, two systems formula work. The alternative is not independence but absorption into the mainland s political system. Hong...

... 2003 Current History. All rights reserved. 2003 The Regents of the University of California China SARS WHO Jiang Zemin Hu Jintao Guangdong Beijing PLA Politburo Hong Kong China and the Politics of SARS JOSEPH FEWSMITH On February 11, the Chinese Ministry ofHealth reported...

.... But this presumes that both Pyongyang and Washington are ready to sit down in the first place. © 2003 Current History. All rights reserved. 2003 The Regents of the University of California China North Korea United States George Bush Jiang Zemin Japan South Korea Hu Jintao Kim Jong Il Korean...

...Tony Saich Whoever succeeds [Jiang Zemin as general secretary] will take almost a full term to consolidate his position. … Whether this politics of muddling through will be sufficient for the next period is debatable—the leadership might be pressured to take a more dynamic approach. © 2002...

... a deterioration of relations or a return to the roller coaster of the 1990s. Indeed, both are otherwise preoccupied. Asia George Bush China engagement People's Liberation Army September Taiwan terrorism United States Jiang Zemin © 2002 Current History. All rights reserved. 2002 The Regents...

... Protestant religion repression Jiang Zemin China s leaders are well aware of the dangers of precipitating a Falun Gong style campaign against another religious group, and appear eager to avoid doing so. Stung by the Falun Gong s tenacity and exhausted by the extraordi- nary measures required to flog...

... appears premature. © 2001 Current History. All rights reserved. 2001 The Regents of the University of California ABM China Clinton communist engagement foreign policy George Bush Jiang Zemin Taiwan United States To some extent, the rhetoric of the new Bush administration is simply...