OTTAWA — Chinese premier Zhu Rongji discarded a prepared speech at a 1998 dinner in Beijing and spontaneously declared Canada to be China’s “best friend” while seated directly between prime minister …
Zhu Rongji Went Off Script Beside Chrétien and Desmarais to Call Canada China's "Best Friend"—Then Beijing Omitted Record
The Canadian diplomat who took notes at the 1998 dinner says Zhu's "best friend" declaration was left out of Beijing's published account, and that the eagle in his famous warning was not America.
