In contrast to the NY Times article today stating that Jiang Zemin may intend to resign from his military post, Asia Times reports that Jiang is in fact winning the power struggle with the Hu-Wen leadership – especially in regards to the debate over a “peaceful rise” policy advocated by Hu. The author, John J Tkacik Jr, a fellow at the conservative Heritage Foundation, believes that Hu and Wen deserve credit for loosening media controls and encouraging political reform, efforts which he says were squelched by the Jiang faction.
China’s ‘peaceful’ rise at stake in power struggle
Posted by Sophie Beach | Sep 7, 2004
