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
Our consistent policy is to protect human rights according to law,
Both democracy and human rights are relative concepts and not absolute and general,
To ensure our people these rights is in itself a major contribution to the progress of the world human rights cause,
We will firmly ... safeguard the Hong Kong residents' rights and freedoms in accordance with the 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,
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 victory shows that our socialist system has tremendous advantages,
Even before the September 11 attacks, China and other members of the SCO had signed the Shanghai Convention on Combating Terrorism, Separatism and Extremism and are now stepping up efforts to set up a regional anti-terrorism agency,
ready to make concerted efforts with the U.S. to make this happen.
Both China and the United States are victims of terrorism and the Chinese and Americans have stood together and carried out effective cooperation in the war against terror,
The system must not be shaken, weakened or discarded at any time. The Western mode of political systems must never be copied,
Russia and China stress the basic importance of the ABM treaty, which is a cornerstone of the strategic stability and the basis for reducing offensive weapons, and speak out for maintaining the treaty in its current form,
Comrades! We express our deep thanks to all our friends around the world and to the IOC for helping to make Beijing successful in its Olympic bid,