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Wen Jiabao's 'Confidence Trip' (2)

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James Reynolds | 11:20 UK time, Monday, 2 February 2009

China's Premier, . He is one of the world's most influential politicians. But we very rarely get the chance to interview him - or to find out much about his life beyond politics. Chinese politicians aren't in the habit of inviting lifestyle magazines into their homes.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao shakes hands with Gordon Brown on the steps of 10 Downing Street - Johnny Green/PAOnce a year, in March, Mr Wen gives a formal news conference at the annual session of China's parliament in Beijing. Occasionally, he grants interviews when he travels abroad (during his trip to Britain, ). But apart from that, we have to watch him from afar.

So, if I ever got the chance to speak to the premier, there'd be plenty of serious policy questions to ask. (Some of your suggestions are in this previous post.)

But there are also some other things that I'd like to find out...

• There's visiting the students in Tiananmen Square in 1989 before the army was sent in. Twenty years later, what do you think of that photo?

• How - if at all - do you plan to commemorate 4 June this year (the twentieth anniversary of the Tiananmen Square shootings)?

• What are Politburo meetings like?

• You're a trained geologist. Do you ever miss studying rocks?

• Do you have your own e-mail address?

• Do you ever look at the page dedicated to you on Facebook?

• Do you watch TV? If so, what do you watch?

• What is your government salary?

• Your poetry has been published in Chinese newspapers. Do you plan to write any more poems?

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