Hu Jintao’s First US Visit

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Hu Avoids Touchy Topics, Wraps up U.S. Visit
(AP, May 4, 2002) The heir apparent to China's presidency wrapped up a U.S. visit and was careful to avoid controversial topics during his final diplomatic stop in the U. S. hina's vice president Hu Jintao said relations between the United States and China are steadily improving.

Bush Confident Human Rights, Taiwan Issues Can Be Resolved
(AP, May 3, 2002) U.S. President George W. Bush told mainland Chinese Vice President Hu Jintao on Wednesday that he is confident the countries can resolve their differences over Taiwan and human rights.

Chinese VP Hu Warns U.S. on Taiwan
(AP, May 2, 2002) President Bush told Hu he expected the two countries can resolve their differences on a wide range of issues, including Taiwan and human rights, and said he was pleased with the overall state of U.S-China relations.

Hu Says Taiwan Is Stumbling Block
(CNN.com, May 2, 2002) Chinese Vice-President Hu Jintao has identified Taiwan as the biggest potential stumbling block confronting China and the United States and their quest for closer economic and cultural ties.

Hu's Washington Visit Will Not Affect US-Taiwan Ties: Official
(Taiwan News, May 2, 2002) A top presidential aide said that mainland Chinese Vice President Hu Jintao's current visit to Washington will not affect Taiwan-U.S. relations in any way, adding that Taiwan is able to clearly monitor Hu's remarks owing to a smooth communication channel with the U.S. government.

Powell and Hu Chew over Taiwan
(AFP, May 1, 2002) Secretary of State Colin Powell urged China's leader in waiting Hu Jintao to adopt policies which will ease tensions with Taiwan, at an official dinner here. "Vice President Hu raised Taiwan and the Secretary stressed our 'One China' policy and observed that China's actions have an effect on Taiwan."

Hu Arrives for Talks with Bush and Cheney
(AFP, April 30, 2002) China's leader-in-waiting Hu Jintao is due to arrive for meetings with President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, amid reports that the White House is embracing closer ties with Taiwan.

China's Heir Apparent Hu Begins First U.S. Visit
(Reuters, April 28, 2002) Chinese Vice President Hu Jintao arrived on his first official visit to the United States on Saturday to begin the delicate task of building diplomatic rapport between the two Pacific powers.

Chinese Vice President Leaves en Route to US
(Reuters, April 23, 2002) Chinese Vice President Hu Jintao, widely tipped to become the country's next leader, has left Beijing for a three-nation tour that will take him to the United States later this week. Also see Major Events in Sino-US Ties

The Leadership Question: Every Picture Tells A Story By Willy Lam
(CNN.com, May 9, 2002) President Jiang Zemin and his aides have discouraged references to the upcoming so-called "Fourth Generation" of Chinese leaders in the state media. The official press has also played down Vice-President Hu Jintao's just-ended visit to the United States.

Taiwan Welcomes Shift in US Policy By Goh Sui Noi
(Straits Times, May 7, 2002) The Taiwanese were not as nervous as they might have been about the just-concluded visit to the United States by Chinese Vice-President Hu Jintao, and the reasons are clear.

Hu's Visit to US a Symbolic Success at Best By Ching Cheong
(Straits Times, May 4, 2002) To the Chinese leadership obsessed with face, the gains in symbolism could be deemed a 'success', covering up the otherwise-empty outcome of the visit. Yet, even the most lenient observer would agree that the key issue - Taiwan - dividing the two countries is likely to aggravate, not ameliorate, ties.

China's Hu Navigates Risks in First U.S. Visit By Carol Giacomo
(Reuters, May 3, 2002) China's heir apparent Hu Jintao impressed many Americans on his tightly scripted inaugural U.S. visit, skilfully articulating the party line on the sensitive issue of Taiwan, and at the same time showing support active engagement with Washington.

US Papers Sift Clues About Hu
(BBC, May 2, 2002) The main US newspapers all gave coverage to the visit to Washington by Hu Jintao, the man widely expected to be China's next leader.

Hu's Vision for China By Willy Lam
(CNN.com, April 30, 2002) Here are ten priorities that knowledgeable sources in Beijing think a Hu administration will tackle during a tenure that will probably run into the year 2012.

China's Heir Apparent By Ezra Vogel
(Washington Post, April 29, 2002) Those of us who have met Hu Jintao have been favorably impressed. He talks without notes, gives nuanced, well-informed answers to questions and is personable. He is familiar with the major issues China faces domestically and internationally.

The Chinese Regime's Heir Apparent By Bates Gill
(New York Times, April 29, 2002) He is the heir apparent to leadership of the world's largest country and largest standing army. Depending on your viewpoint, his country presents the United States with its greatest economic opportunities, most thorny foreign policy dilemmas or most serious long-term security challenges — or all three. But do we know who he is?

High Stakes for US and China in Hu's Visit By Pei Minxin
(Straits Times, April 29, 2002) In most countries, China and the United States included, the vice-president's job is often confined to performing necessary but mostly ceremonial tasks such as attending state funerals, cutting ribbons, or paying goodwill visits to countries the president is too busy to bother with.

Washington's Wooing Hu - But Here's What Matters By James Mann
(Washington Post, April 28, 2002) This intense focus on Hu's personality doesn't make sense. Why do we so often make the mistake of over-personalizing Chinese politics, exaggerating the importance of a single individual while underestimating the power and tenacity of other party leaders? Is America about to get China wrong again?

China's Man to Watch Steps Into the U.S. Spotlight By Erik Eckholm
(New York Times, April 27, 2002)The mystery man expected to take over as China's leader this fall starts his first visit to the United States this weekend in a diplomatic debut that will be as closely watched at home as abroad.

Why Hu Will Keep US Visit Low-Key By Ching Cheong
(Straits Times, April 25, 2002) Chinese Vice-President Hu Jintao's debut visit to the United States is predestined to be an uneventful one. As heir apparent to President Jiang Zemin, it would be foolhardy of him to venture into uncharted waters on the eve of China's power succession.

Turning a Blind Eye to U.S. Protests By Willy Lam
(CNN.com, April 23, 2002) President Jiang Zemin has given this advice to Vice-President Hu Jintao concerning the latter's forthcoming visit to the U.S: "Don't be upset when you see protestors; just turn a blind eye to them."

Major Events in Sino-US Ties
(Xinhua News, April 2002) The following is a chronology of major events in Sino-US diplomatic relations since 1972: February 21-28, 1972: US President Richard Nixon visited China, with a Sino-US joint communiqué released in Shanghai on February 28.

China's Hu Steps into the Spotlight with U.S. Tour By Jeremy Page
(Reuters, April 22, 2002) China's obscure heir apparent, Vice President Hu Jintao, takes his biggest and yet most delicate step into the limelight this week with his first ever official visit to the United States .

Make Room at the Top By Susan V. Lawrence
(Far Eastern Economic Review, April 18, 2002) He's a former rocket engineer, the son of a Communist Party revolutionary and the shadow of party leader Jiang Zemin. He controls the files of the whole party elite. And he may become one of the country's seven most powerful men later this year.