The Travels of Jiang Zemin

Former Chinese president Jiang Zemin visited more than 70 countries during his 13-year rule, and he apparently chronicles a great deal of those trips in a 654-page travel book that came out recently. The book is called “For a Better World: Jiang Zemin’s Overseas Visits,” and according to an AP story, it’s more about Jiang’s “desire…to be remembered as the leader who presided over China’s rise to unprecedented importance in trade and global affairs” than his desire to be the next J. Maarten Troost. Via Gadling.

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