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.

* In 919, the first use of gunpowder in battle occurred with the Chinese Battle of Lang-shan Jiang ( Wolf Mountain River ), where the naval fleet of the Wen-Mu-King defeated Chien Yuan Kuan because Wen had used ' fire oil ' ( huo yóu, 火油 ) of gunpowder-fuse ignited flamethrowers to burn Chien's fleet.

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

The prominent Maoists, Zhang Chunqiao and Jiang Qing were sentenced to death with two-year-reprieve while some others were sentenced to life imprisonment or imprisonment over 15 years.

Other students did not view Jiang well due to her family background, and she and her mother moved in with her maternal grandparents when she went to attend middle school.

In February 1933, Jiang took the oath of the Chinese Communist Party with Yu at her side, and she was appointed member of the Chinese Communist Party youth wing.

Shortly thereafter, Mao and Jiang became acquainted, and Zhou Enlai discovered Mao having an affair in the wilderness with Jiang.

Eventually, Mao arranged a compromise with the other leaders of the CCP: Mao was granted a divorce and permitted to marry Jiang, but she was required to stay out of public politics for thirty years.

Because Mao's marriage to He had not yet ended, Jiang was reportedly made to sign a marital contract which stipulated that she would not appear in public with Mao as her escort.

Jiang Qing also directed operas and ballets with communist and revolutionary content as part of an effort to transform China's culture.

Jiang Qing first collaborated with then second-in-charge Lin Biao, but after Lin Biao's death in 1971, she turned against him publicly in the Criticize Lin, Criticize Confucius Campaign.

Jiang Qing's hobbies included photography, playing cards, and watching foreign movies, especially Gone with the Wind.

Jiang's rivalry with, and personal dislike of, Zhou Enlai led Jiang to hurt Zhou where he was most vulnerable.

Jiang forced her own daughter with Mao to divorce her husband because her husband was only a farmer, causing Jiang's daughter to go insane.

Eventually, Mao was revived and Hua Guofeng urged Jiang Qing not to interfere further with the doctor's work.

Jiang Qing was not accused of conspiring with Lin Biao, or with other members of the Gang of Four who allegedly planned an armed rebellion to " usurp power " in 1976, when Mao was close to death.

While in prison, Jiang Qing was diagnosed with throat cancer, but she refused an operation.

Mao's wife Jiang Qing, meanwhile, had formed an informal radical political alliance with Shanghai revolution organizer Wang Hongwen, who seems to have gained Mao's favour as a possible successor, as well as Shanghai Revolutionary Committee Chairman Zhang Chunqiao and propaganda writer Yao Wenyuan, all of whom were elevated to the Politburo by the 10th Congress.

Lin Jiang Huai, the head of China's " Information Security Technology " office ( which is in charge of the project ), credits the surveillance systems in the United States and the U. K. as the inspiration for what he is doing with the Golden Shield project.

At one time CPC General secretary and PRC president Jiang Zemin claimed Sun Yat-sen had a " New Three Principles of the People " ( 新三民主義 ) which consisted of " working with the soviets, working with the communists and helping the farmers " ( 聯俄, 聯共, 扶助工農 ).

With the waning influence of Deng Xiaoping and the other members of Eight Elders due to old age, and with the help of old and powerful party and state leaders, former President Li Xiannian and Chen Yun, Jiang effectively became the " Paramount Leader " in the 1990s.

In an incident with the World Economic Herald, Jiang closed down the newspaper, deeming it harmful.