[Lake]

>>"Jiang," Li says, "is no Deng Xiaoping."

>>You just gotta begrudge Deng Xiaoping a little respect

Maybe you misunderstood Li. Jiang is no Deng Xiaoping means Jiang is not able to manipulate the politics behind the scenses. Jiang has to give up power completely. Good or bad, Deng was the last emperor of China.

[weikel]

Deng was a good emperor and a friend of america unlike Jiang who is a moron.