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To: RealMuLan who wrote (36730)	7/30/2003 11:16:40 AM
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A New Face on China's Foreign Policy China expert Kenneth Lieberthal says unlike President Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao "quickly gets down to business" Less than five months into his presidency, Chinese leader Hu Jintao is playing an active role on the international stage. With North Korea threatening to become a nuclear power, he's working hard to get officials from Pyongyang and Washington to come to Beijing in August for negotiations to ease tensions on the Korean peninsula. He's also warming relations with traditional rivals such as India, and he impressed world leaders with his problem-solving attitude when he attended the summit of the Group of Eight industrialized nations in Evian, France, in June, as a special guest. businessweek.com China: A Warmer Wind Is Blowing toward the West Most China watchers thought it would take years before the country's new leader, Hu Jintao, came out from under the shadow of former President Jiang Zemin, especially when it came to international affairs. Yet less than five months into his presidency, Hu is bucking expectations by quickly defining a more pragmatic foreign policy course -- delighting Western policymakers. businessweek.com