(Beijing) hopes to establish legal basis for (its) Taiwan policy ... and Chinese leaders want to establish a base line. |
A lot of the older peasants, how can they find other employment? They have lost their land, they have no money, they have no social security, they cannot find jobs. There are bound to be serious, serious social problems. |
A new prime minister will always have an opportunity to make a fresh gesture to improve relations. And I think Chinese leaders would also like to seize the opportunity. |
An improvement in his image in the eyes of the Chinese people will strengthen his hand and show that he is in control, that he is no longer restrained by Jiang Zemin. |
Because of the basic integration and the complementarities between the Chinese and the Japanese economies, both sides understand that any damages to the bilateral relationship will hurt both sides equally badly, |
Because of the basic integration and the complementarities between the Chinese and the Japanese economies, both sides understand that any damages to the bilateral relationship will hurt both sides equally badly. |
Both sides have to be careful, they have to be responsive to the rising nationalist sentiments in their respective countries, so there is very limited room for maneuver, |
But it's for sure this is not going to make Beijing make any meaningful concessions under pressure. |
Certainly this is an attempt to put pressure on Chen. |
China largely looks at it from two points of view-American domination of the world of the Middle East region, and of the oil market. |
Chinese leaders do not want to allow the society's sentiments to affect the complete control of foreign policy and they also understand that nationalism can be a double-edged sword, |
Frankly, no one knows exactly what to do now and how we are going to go forward. |
He is there to promote common interests between the two countries and to try to reduce the 'China threat' image. This is a very serious challenge. |
In order to have democracy in Hong Kong, you have to have democracy in China first. The Chinese leadership has no intention of weakening its monopoly on political power. The leadership simply does not believe that democratization is an option at the moment. |
It hasn't really left anyone in any more of an advantageous position. It's going to be a rather difficult situation for everyone involved. |