OCTOBER 23, 2000 VOL. 156 NO. 16

Elite Schools
For all their nationalist talk, China's top leaders don't seem to mind if their kids study in the West. Here's where a few princelings decided to hit the books:

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Deng Zhifang
(The late Deng Xiaoping's daughter)
University of Rochester, Rochester, New York

Jiang Mianheng
(President Jiang Zemin's son)
Drexel University, Philadelphia

Zhu Yanlai
(Premier Zhu Rongji's daughter)
University of Regina, Regina, Canada

Li Xiaopeng
(Former Premier Li Peng's son)
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Qian Ning
(Vice Premier Qian Qichen's son)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Qian Yu
(Qian Qichen's daughter)
Columbia University, New York City

Bo Jieying
(Party elder Bo Yibo's daughter)
Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts

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