Feb 05 2009
china’s primeminister in line for a bash of boot!
wen jiyabavo has a long struggle of life in politics.Born 15th sep 1942,he is the Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, leading the country’s cabinet. He also serves as a member of its Leading Party Members’ Group and Secretary of the Financial Work Committee of the CPC Central Committee. Since taking office in 2003, Wen, ranked third in the Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China hierarchy, has been a key part of the fourth generation of leadership in the Communist Party of China.
There is some dispute inside China as well as in the Hong Kong and Taiwan journalistic circles regarding the political views of Wen Jiabao. Because he appears more often than President Hu Jintao in front of the press, Wen’s viewpoints, although difficult to gauge in their entirety, are easier to discern than those of Hu. Generally media both inside and outside China credit Wen as “populist” and in touch with the needs of ordinary people. On most social issues Wen seems to be moderate, with his brand of policies based around societal harmony as prescribed by the Scientific Development Concept, the leading ideology of the administration.
It is also not clear what are Wen’s views on the subject of political reform. He has remarked that “the socialist system will continue in China for the next 100 years”[14], although later in a Press Conference at the 2007 National People’s Congress, he stated that “democracy is one of the basic goals of the socialist system”. In an interview in September 2008, Wen acknowledged that the democractic system in China needs to be improved, where the power “truly belongs to the people” through the construction of an independent judicial system and for the government to accept criticism from the people.[15] Wen, a former ally of disgraced Premier Zhao Ziyang, is likely supportive of the latter’s political rehabilitation. However, thus far Wen has rarely mentioned Zhao.
On 2 February 2009, Premier Wen Jiabao traveled to the University of Cambridge to give the Rede Lecture at West Road Concert Hall. The lecture was entitled: “See China in the Light of Her Development”. Pro-Tibet and Pro-China protesters gathered outside the lecture hall but were kept a good distance from the entrance by police. [10]
As Wen came to the end of his lecture, a young man stood from the audience, blew a whistle and shouted, “how can the university prostitute itself with this dictator? How can you listen to these lies?” The young man then threw his shoe at Jiabao, missing the premier by a few feet.[11]
The young man was promptly removed from the lecture by University Proctors and has subsequently been arrested by Police on suspicion of breach of the peace and attempted assault.[12]
Wen was in London speaking with Prime Minister Gordon Brown on economic matters, showing support for trade relations between China and the United Kingdom. After the shoe was thrown, the Premier commented, “this despicable behavior cannot stand in the way of friendship between China and the UK.” [13]
The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Alison Richard, commented on the incident: “I deeply regret that a single member of the audience this afternoon failed to show the respect for our speaker that is customary at Cambridge. This university is a place for considered argument and debate, not for shoe-throwing.”
after all such mess,,,and in continuation with Bush’s shoeing,,,don’t you all think that its gonna be a big buy for the many public disliked leaders??
