1.   His ties are even stronger with some foreign leaders, including Zhu, the Chinese premier.

2.   Lai resigned as chairman of Giordano a year ago after he used expletives to describe Chinese premier Li Peng in an open letter published in his Next Magazine.

3.   Lai angered Beijing last year when he used expletives to describe Chinese premier Li Peng in an open letter published in his Next Magazine.

4.   On Sunday, the Chinese premier, Li Peng, warned the American carriers to stay out of the Taiwan Strait.

5.   Wednesday, when Zhu is scheduled to land at Logan, a greeting party ordered up by the Chinese will be on the tarmac to welcome the Chinese premier.

6.   President Boris Yeltsin praised the new strategic partnership between Russia and China during a meeting Friday at the Kremlin with the visiting Chinese premier.

7.   A Vancouver-based Chinese pro-democracy group hopes to meet with the Chinese premier during his visit to British Columbia.

8.   Chinese premier heads to Moscow for trade-boosting talks.

9.   Chinese premier meets with President Boris Yeltsin.

10.   Chinese premier predicts entry into WTO soon.