Jiang Zemin
Jiang Zemin
Jiang Zeminis a retired Chinese politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of China from 1989 to 2002, as Chairman of the Central Military Commission from 1989 to 2004, and as President of the People's Republic of China from 1993 to 2003. Jiang has been described as the "core of the third generation" of Communist Party leaders since 1989...
NationalityChinese
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth17 August 1926
CityYangzhou, China
CountryChina
It is China's view that Sino-U.S. relations should be dealt with from a strategic and long-term perspective, and the differences between the two countries handled in a proper way.
I want to emphasize that both of our countries should handle this affair with a maximum care for their bilateral relations,
The time when a few large countries or groups of large countries could monopolize international affairs and determine the fate of other nations is gone forever,
Leaders of both countries have built mutual trust and a cooperative partnership, exchanged high-level visits frequently and coordinated closely in major international affairs,
I have visited many countries and I see that when people have an accident, the two groups involved, the two parts always say 'excuse me',
I have visited many countries and I see it as very normal that when people clash (bump in to each other), it is normal that these people apologize, ... Now, we see that these planes come in to our country and they don't want to ask for forgiveness. Is that normal?
United Nations should be brought into full play.
The people will always remember him, ... We have 1.2 billion people, but the life of every Chinese person is precious.
World peace and security will be safeguarded if the new security concept with the principles of mutual trust, mutual benefit, equality and cooperation as its core is followed.
Our army is the people's army that is under the absolute leadership of the party,
Our policy has very long been a consistent one. Peaceful reunification, one country, two systems,
I think President Clinton is a strong defender of the American interests, and I am a strong defender of the Chinese interests, ... But despite that, we still can have very friendly exchanges of views and discussion. And I think that is democracy.
It has become increasingly difficult ... for the very few big powers or blocs of big powers to monopolize international affairs and control the fate of other countries,
patriotic and combat-ready officers and soldiers must make themselves ready for at least limited engagement with U.S. firepower.