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
Both democracy and human rights are relative concepts and not absolute and general,
Our consistent policy is to protect human rights according to law,
In today's China, which is a large and developing country with a population of over 1.2 billion, top priority should be given to ensuring the greatest possible majority of its people the rights to subsistence and development. Otherwise there would be no other right to speak of,
We will firmly ... safeguard the Hong Kong residents' rights and freedoms in accordance with the law,
To ensure our people these rights is in itself a major contribution to the progress of the world human rights cause,
China will continue to support the efforts of the Palestinian people to regain their legitimate rights, including the establishment of an independent state,
The theory of relativity worked out by Mr. Einstein, which is in the domain of natural science, I believe can also be applied to the political field. Both democracy and human rights are relative concepts - and not absolute and general.
The bombing itself, the killing itself, are enough to arouse people's feelings, ... The Chinese students just are very, very patriotic. They love their country.
After undergoing rigorous training, the fourth generation is now experienced enough to handle complex challenges both at home and abroad,
I hope the whole nation works hard along with residents of the capital city to stage successful 2008 Olympic Games. I also welcome our friends around the world to visit Beijing in 2008.
I hope the people of all circles in Hong Kong will do still a better job in adapting themselves to the new Hong Kong after 1997 and become better masters of Hong Kong and of our great motherland.
I want to emphasize that both of our countries should handle this affair with a maximum care for their bilateral relations,
superior ability in spearheading the nation's large-scale socialist modernization.
to solve the issue of Taiwan and realize complete reunification of the motherland is one of the three major tasks for the Party and the nation in the new century.