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Jiang Zemin in
Crawford
[News] [Papers]
No
Surprises for Taiwan from
Bush-Jiang Summit
(China Post, Oct. 27, 2002) Comments made about Taiwan
to the press by U.S. President George W. Bush and mainland China's President Jiang Zemin
were notable only for their predictability.
Bush
Says Does Not Support Independence for Taiwan
(Reuters, Oct. 26, 2002) President Bush said the United States would use its
influence to ensure China and Taiwan settle their differences peacefully and
promised to make it clear to Taipei that Washington does not support
independence.
Jiang
Claims Unification in U.S.
Interest
(AFP, Oct. 26, 2002) China's
President Jiang Zemin said unification of his country with Taiwan was in the U.S. interest, marking a new,
more sophisticated approach to the sensitive issue.
Bush
Seeks China's Aid To Oppose N. Korea
(WP, Oct. 26, 2002) President Bush and Chinese President Jiang Zemin pledged
today to work together to pressure North Korea to dismantle its nuclear
weapons program, but the Chinese leader stopped short of the statement of
condemnation the administration eventually wants.
U.S. and China Set New Rights Talks
(WP, Oct. 25, 2002) The State Department said yesterday it had agreed to
schedule a new round of human rights dialogue with China.
China, U.S. to Resume Military Ties
(CNN.com, Oct. 24, 2002) China
and the U.S. are set to
resume military ties soon after the Friday summit between Presidents Jiang
Zemin and George W. Bush in Crawford,
Texas.
Bush
to Stand by Taiwan at
Crawford Summit: Official
(China Post, Oct. 24, 2002) "We will continue to work with Taiwan to ensure that Taiwan has the capability to
mount an adequate defense."
China
President Jiang Zemin Optimistic on U.S. Visit
(Reuters, Oct. 23, 2002) "I look forward to my visit with President Bush
to exchange views on serious and important subjects ... to help move forward
our cooperative relationship."
Beijing Delivers Stiff Warning to U.S.
on Taiwan Ahead of Jiang-Bush Summit
(AFP, Oct. 22, 2002) The United States should stop sending "wrong
signals" to independence activists in Taiwan, China has warned ahead of
a summit between presidents Jiang Zemin and George W. Bush in Texas this
week.
US and China Seal Billion Dollar Deals
(BBC, Oct. 22, 2002) The US and China have signed billions of dollars worth
of business deals a day before Chinese President Jiang Zemin is due to arrive
in the US.
US-China Summit Poses Few Problems for
Taiwan
(AFP, Oct. 21, 2002) Taiwan
does not expect any "surprise" talks on Washington-Beijing-Taipei
ties during Chinese President Jiang Zemin's visit to the US, foreign
ministry officials said .
China, U.S. Focus on N. Korea Nukes
(CNN.com, Oct. 21, 2002) Beijing hopes to firm
up a "constructive, cooperative relationship" with the U.S. based on
the new global imperative of fighting terrorism.
Bush
to Meet China's Departing Leader at Barbecue Summit
(New York Times, Oct. 21, 2002) For President Jiang Zemin, who leaves on
Tuesday for what is likely to be his last visit to the United States
as chief of state, the barbecue is the message.
Rules
on Bio Agents Set Tone for Jiang's Visit
(Straits Times, Oct. 19, 2002) In a move intended
to set the mood for conciliation, China has issued rules on regulating
biological agents a week before President Jiang Zemin visits the United
States.
China
Hopeful Military Ties with U.S. Can Expand Again
(AP, Oct. 16, 2002) A week before its president visits the United States, China expressed hope that
military ties between the two countries can be restored to the level of more
than a year ago.
China
Gets Handle on Weapons Exports By Frank
Ching
(Japan Times, Oct. 31, 2002) The earnestness of the Chinese efforts suggests that
nonproliferation issues will no longer be the problem they were in the past.
Jiang's successor should, to that extent at least, find the U.S.-China
relationship more manageable.
To
Be Pragmatic is Glorious By David Lampton
(TIME, Nov. 4, 2002) America doesn't need China as an enemy, and China
doesn't want America as an enemy. This is so today and it can remain so for a
long time.
Jiang-Bush
Summit Sets
Tone for Constructive Partnership By Tang
Shiping
(Straits Times, Oct. 29, 2002) The two countries remain wary about each other's intention. And
because the thorny issue of Taiwan
may not be resolved any time soon, the relationship is likely to remain in
the grey area.
'Symbolic'
Summit
Provides Several Surprises By Pei Minxin
(Straits Times, Oct. 28, 2002) Despite the doomsayers, the talks between Bush
and Jiang prove to be more than just ceremonial.
Taiwan-U.S.-PRC
Relations
(Editorial, Taiwan
News, Oct. 28, 2002) Any changes, which could have an impact on Taiwan, though not represented in U.S.-PRC
talks, would have to respect the wishes of Taiwan's 23 million people.
Bush
Deems China 'An Ally' By Willy Lam
(CNN.com, Oct. 27, 2002) Beijing and Washington have
consolidated their "constructive, cooperative relationship" based
on a new partnership of fighting global terrorism and nuclear proliferation.
China
Gets Closer to US as National Interests Change
(AFP, Oct. 26, 2002) China's willingness to work with the United States on
the international stage reflects a change in the way President Jiang Zemin
and Beijing policymakers think about their country's basic interests.
Jiang
and Bush: The Business of Taiwan By Terry Cooke
(Asia Times, Oct. 26, 2002) Closer commercial integration between Taiwan and China supports US policy goals of
peaceful resolution through dialogue and people-to-people exchange.
Has
China
Become an Ally? By Kenneth Lieberthal
(New York Times, Oct. 25, 2002) American relations with China have improved in a way that few could
have imagined when the Bush administration entered office and declared China a
"strategic competitor." Now signs of serious cooperation are
everywhere.
Taiwan
Sees China's Jiang as the Devil It Knows By Benjamin
Kang Lim
(Reuters, Oct. 23, 2002) During more than a decade
under President Jiang Zemin, China has lobbed missiles off Taiwan's coast,
threatened repeatedly to attack the island and lured away its diplomatic
allies one by one.
Jiang
and Bush: A Lofty Summit By Francesco
Sisci
(Asia Times, Oct. 23, 2002) Once again, we watch history unfold: Mere weeks
before a change of leadership (in some form) is to take place in China, its sitting communist ruler is in the United States
for talks with the American president.
Why
Beijing is Eager
to Please,
and Washington Less
Keen
to Reciprocate By James Harding and
James Kynge
(Financial Times; Oct 22, 2002) For much of George W.Bush's presidency, China
has been reduced to the diplomatic equivalent of "sleeping on brushwood
and eating bile", as the Chinese say - silently bearing Washington's
slights while waiting for a chance to reassert itself.
Bush and Jiang's Crucial Hour Alone By Ching Cheong
(Straits Times, Oct. 22, 2002) World attention is likely to focus this week
on what one Chinese newspaper has described as 'the most significant hour in
Sino-US summitry'.
Bending
in the U.S. Storm By Susan V. Lawrence
and Murray Hiebert
(Far Eastern Economic Review, Oct. 24, 2002) Beijing
is uncharacteristically reticent regarding American moves over Taiwan, Iraq
and Central Asia and on other issues. A
summit in Texas and investors in China should
benefit--at least for now.
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