Ehrlich: This Catch-22 re Zemin is a major putative gotcha as to whether Jiang Zemin is alive. From our point of view he is dead (Bush dancing) or is imprisoned or otherwise sits with Ariel Sharon. Jintao either has to announce Zemin's demise or in fact demur from any further public events of mourning and respect connective to the earthquake. If the shoe was on the other foot, meaning the Moabites wanted to pressure China re Zemin, they would be sending out news crews from major media in the USA and the EU seeking to speak to Jiang Zemin about the event.
http://news.rednet.cn/c/2008/05/20/1511547.htm

In grave grief, China mourns quake dead

Editor:Sharon Lee
Source:新华网
Updated: 2008-5-20 11:26:03
Air raid sirens, and car, train and ship horns wailed and people stood for three minutes in silence on Monday to mourn the tens of thousands who died in last week's earthquake.
The moment of grief was observed across the vast country of 1.3 billion people at 2:28 pm, exactly a week after the devastating magnitude-8 quake struck Sichuan.
The death toll is estimated to be above 50,000.
The silent tribute was the first of its kind for citizens killed in a natural disaster.

President Hu Jintao and other members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, as well as other officials pay a three-minute silent tribute to...