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Jiang Zemin Visits Harvard, Sparks Protests

"Their president is a slaughterer," said Wu,who last spoke at Harvard at the Asian AmericanAssociation's annual conference in 1997.

"This is the country with the number one recordfor human rights violations and executions--he's amurderer," he said.

Building a Relationship

Jiang ended his prepared speech by presenting acomplete set of books on Chinese history andculture to Harvard. The Twenty-FourHistories were edited with comments from MaoZedong, Communist China's revolutionary fatherfigure.

Jiang also said he was glad to be expecting avisit from President Neil L. Rudenstine.

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Rudenstine traveled to China and toured BeijingUniversity as part of his swing through Asiaduring spring break.CrimsonWilliam B. DecherdAnti-Jiang demonstrators massed in thestreets surrounding Memorial Hall when the Chinesepresident spoke in November.

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