Jiang Zeming in Crawford

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.