There’s heavy symbolism in this article, which surfaces nearly out of nowhere. After all, Mao’s famous float in the Yangtze signaled supporters that he was neither dead nor done in Chinese politics. This article is of much the same sort--though, in the present political environment, it had to be about all Chinese leaders to be acceptable to censors, and its low-profile placement indicates that it’s neither authoritative nor universally accepted in official circles. But its timing and focus clearly make the piece about Jiang Zemin, and it did get published at the every moment when he and his supporters were purportedly instructed to stay below the waterline. They didn’t, and that’s important.