The official mouthpiece of China's CCP government, The People's Daily, reported on December 11, 1999, that Jiang Zemin and then-Russian leader Boris Yeltsin signed in Beijing three Sino-Russian border agreements.

They are at a crucial and unique position where they have the opportunity to be a Boris Yeltsin or a Vaclav Havel. However, they could also choose to send themselves to the witness stand."