Bill Clinton and Jiang Zemin holding a joint press conference at the White House, October 29, 1997

Bardot wrote a 1999 letter to Chinese President Jiang Zemin, published in French magazine VSD, in which she accused the Chinese of " torturing bears and killing the world's last tigers and rhinos to make aphrodisiacs ".

CPC General Secretary and PRC President Jiang Zemin and PRC Premier Zhu Rongji, both former mayors of Shanghai, led post-Tiananmen PRC in the 1990s.

The " third generation " of leadership under Jiang Zemin, Zhu Rongji, and associates largely continued Deng's progressive economic vision while overseeing the re-emergence of Chinese nationalism in the 1990s.

* Jiang Zemin, General Secretary 1989 – 2002

* 1993 – Jiang Zemin is appointed President of the People's Republic of China.

In addition, conflicts have arisen in the relations of the central Party leaders with the few provincial-level Municipalities, most notably the municipal government of Shanghai and the rivalry between former Beijing mayor Chen Xitong and Jiang Zemin.

Since Jiang Zemin became the national party chief in June 1989, all but one former Shanghai party chief was elevated to the Politburo Standing Committee, the de facto highest decision-making body in China, including Jiang Zemin ( General secretary and President ), Zhu Rongji ( Premier ), Wu Bangguo ( Chairman of the National People's Congress ), Huang Ju ( Vice Premier ), and Xi Jinping ( Vice President ).

In spite of this, dissent continued to be suppressed, and President Jiang Zemin launched a brutal crackdown against the Falun Gong religious sect in 1999.

* CPC General Secretary, President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao, replaced former People's Republic of China leaders Jiang Zemin and Zhu Rongji.

** Jiang Zemin becomes President of the People's Republic of China.

* August 17 – Jiang Zemin, former General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and President of the People's Republic of China

* June 24 – Jiang Zemin becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of China.

* March 15 – Hu Jintao becomes President of the People's Republic of China, replacing Jiang Zemin.

For much of the 1990s Li was ranked second in the Communist Party of China ( CPC ) hierarchy behind then Party General Secretary Jiang Zemin.

The practice of sloganeering saw a mild resurgence in the late 1990s under Jiang Zemin.

On 11 January 2006 the Spanish High Court accepted to investigate a case in which seven former Chinese officials, including the former President of China Jiang Zemin and former Prime Minister Li Peng were alleged to have participated in a genocide in Tibet.

* Jiang Zemin

President Jiang Zemin was alerted to the demonstration by Politburo member Luo Gan, and was reportedly angered by the audacity of the demonstration — the largest since the Tiananmen Square protests ten years earlier, and called for resolute action to suppress the group.

That Falun Gong, whose belief system represented a revival of traditional Chinese religion, was being practiced by a large number of Communist Party members and members of the military was seen as particularly disturbing to Jiang Zemin.

Falun Gong protests at a Manhattan Parade, holding banners calling for Jiang Zemin to be " brought to justice.

Falun Gong Practitioners outside China have filed dozens of lawsuits against Jiang Zemin, Luo Gan, Bo Xilai, and other Chinese officials alleging genocide and crimes against humanity.

Jiang Zemin ( born 17 August 1926 ) is a retired Chinese politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of China from 1989 to 2002, as President of the People's Republic of China from 1993 to 2003, and as Chairman of the Central Military Commission from 1989 to 2005.

As the protests escalated and then Party-chief Zhao Ziyang was removed from office, Jiang was selected by the Party leaders as a compromise candidate over Tianjin's Li Ruihuan, Premier Li Peng, Li Xiannian, Chen Yun, and the retired elders to become the new General Secretary.

Some analysts argue that although Jiang has consolidated power by the time he retired, his ideological stature within the Communist Party remains shaky at best, thus Jiang had to buy time to ensure that his ideological legacy such as the Three Represents, is enshrined in China's socialism doctrine.

Jiang, although retired from the politburo and the central committee, was nonetheless ranked number two for being the all-powerful CMC chairman until his resignation on September 19, 2004.

However, as Jiang has now retired from all of his positions at the 4th Plenary Meeting of 16th National Congress of the CPC, Hu is now the legitimate paramount leader of the CPC.

Zhou Bo, who had been instrumental in Emperor Wen's becoming emperor and who had by that point retired to his March of Jiang ( 絳, in modern Linfen, Shanxi ), was falsely accused of treason.

When Hu Jintao succeeded Jiang Zemin as General Secretary in late 2002, Bo's career as a local official ended with his appointment to Minister of Commerce in Wen Jiabao's cabinet to replace Lü Fuyuan, who retired for health reasons.

In the People's Republic of China, Deng Xiaoping formally retired after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, to be succeeded by former Shanghai mayor Jiang Zemin.

As Paramount leader Jiang Zemin, NPCSC Chairman Li Peng and PRC Premier Zhu Rongji, gradually retired from their position of power, " fourth-generation " leaders, led by CPC General Secretary Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao, faced with increasing social unrest, attempted to steer the country towards a new direction.

When he retired in 1985, Wang convinced the party authorities to name his protégé Jiang Zemin as his successor.

On December 28, 2011, the 2 Lung Jiang ( PSMM Mk5 ) Missile Guided Patrol boats ( PGG 601 and 602 ) in the 131st Fleet retired from ROC Navy service, after entered service in 1978 and 1981.

Sometime in 1917 or 1918, as Chiang became close to Sun Yat-sen, he changed his name from Jiang Zhiqing to Jiang Zhongzheng ().

It had been during this period that Mao had first learned of the imported western concept of socialism from a newspaper article, and intrigued, he read several pamphlets by Jiang Kanghu ( 1883 – 1954 ), a student who had founded the Chinese Socialist Party in November 1911.

Eastward from Bhutan and north of the Brahmaputra River ( Yarlung Zangbo Jiang ) lies a large area controlled and administered by India but claimed by the Chinese.

They receive no support from the Wei troops, and Zhong Hui, Jiang Wei and their families are put to death.

In February, Jiang Qing and Lin Biao, with support from Mao, insisted that the " class struggles " be extended to the military.

This led to a notice to stop all unhealthy activity within the Red Guards from Jiang Qing.

After the initial praise by Jiang Qing, the Red Guards began to steal and loot from barracks and other army buildings.

In late 1973, to weaken Zhou's political position and to distance themselves from Lin's apparent betrayal, the " Criticize Lin, Criticize Confucius " campaign began under Jiang Qing's leadership.

At a mass rally in Beijing, Jiang directed a " struggle session " against a woman, Fan Jin, who had married Jiang's second husband after Jiang separated from him in 1931.

Upon being contacted by Hua Guofeng, Jiang Qing returned from her trip and spent only a few moments in the hospital's Building 202, where Mao was being treated.

The party apparatus, under orders from Jiang Qing and Zhang Chunqiao, wrote a eulogy affirming Mao's achievements in order to justify their claims to power.

At the same time, Jiang elevated many of his supporters from Shanghai to high government positions, after regaining Deng's confidence.

Jiang went on a groundbreaking state visit to the United States in 1997, drawing various crowds in protest from the Tibet Independence Movement to the supporters of chinese democracy movement.

In 2002, Jiang stepped down from the powerful CPC Politburo Standing Committee and CPC General Secretary to make way for a " fourth generation " of leadership headed by Hu Jintao, marking the beginning of a transition of power that would last several years.

In 2011, Jiang has been subject to internet rumors of his death, as he was absent from public events such as the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party.

Jiang has come under quiet criticism from within the Communist Party of China for focusing on economic growth at all costs while ignoring the resulting environmental damage of the growth, the widening gap between rich and poor in China and the social costs absorbed by those whom economic reform has left behind.

While some people attributed the period of relative stability and growth in the 1990s to Jiang's term, others argue that Jiang did little to correct mistakes resulting from Deng Xiaoping's economic reforms, leaving the next administration facing innumerable problems, some of which it is too late to solve.

Controlled by Jiang Qing and the mayor of Beijing, the militia encircled the area, then went in with clubs and batons to drive the people away from the monument.

With support from Jiang Zemin and Li Peng, then president and premier respectively, Zhu enacted tough macroeconomic control measures.