Show & InWsM6t we THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE WEATHER REPORT tapotaMr aecuweatnor A 19c Todays Utah Forecast Statistics recorded through 5pm yesterday Utah high 59 at Zion National Park -Utah low 5 at Randolph Utah highest precip trace at Logan Areas of low clouds and fog in some va! leys early otherwise today will bring clouds and a little sun A cold front twS approach from the north tomorrow bnnging gusty winds along with same valley ram showers and moofi'ifssi snow Salt Lake high Salt Lake low Precipitation Precipitation this month Departure from normal Precipitation smca Oct Departure from normal 1 12 0 00 0 64 0 76 3 38 0 75 00 66 83 1997 Snowfall monlh to date Snowfall season to date Nonna! Normal Record Record high for Salt Lake low for Salt Lake high for Salt Lake low for Salt Lane counties - Moderate OgdenProvo Salt Lake Good & Utah counties 35 19 62 m 1996 7 m 1990 Showers 6 Over the next month temperatures across the state win average near normal Normal highs in the northern part of the state are in the 30s m the lower elevations and m the 20s m the higher elevations Normal highs are m the lower 50s i the lower elevations m the southwestern part of the state Precipitation will be normal to above normal statewide Rain First Last Full prrsa E3 Jan 5 Jan 12 Jan 20 or 0 (600)492-240- 0 DT Avslenche Conditions - wsnu niiimr FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TcSH Mommgfbg then rather CLoody arid windy ram cloudy showers 3627 4732 4 MosBy cloudy Cloudy with Snow entSng may shower some snow mostly cloudy 4227 3521 3518 SUNDAY MONDAY it aweHTorefSt (& Si! CkoSrge Am) TODAY i SATURDAY Cloudsand tunes of sun 1 ' 5325 (5940) 1 : TODAY a a few showers Variable cloudiness it may shower 4833 4530 Cloudy: I - SUNDAY SATURDAY : 4828 Bountiful Brian Head 8 53 p m 9 57 a m MONDAY PBwri & snow possible Snow ttmSng mostly cloudy Cloudy f LoPrcp Snow 27 25 City Amsterdam Athens Bangkok Barbados 15 10 Today HI Low 45 40 pC 56 46$ 94 72 s 01 73 pc Shown are noon positions of weather systems and t Ice El selected cities taSsES 10 0 LgQ1 60S I 70S I 90s 190 Low: 30 in Embarrass Minnesota High: 84 in Simi Valley California National Summary Warm air will build across the midsection of the nation today with highs in the 60s as far north as South Dakota An area of moisture will move inland across tho Pacific Northwest Rain will affect western Washington and western Oregon spreading southward through northern California during the afternoon 13 12 27 22 46 19 Rtmore 43 19 Flaming Jorge 46 11 Green River 47 10 5 HanksviHe 52 10 45 12 rCrty 41 8 51 34 Kanab Laketown 38 20 38 16 Layton 25 16 Tr Logan Mantf 47 9 Milford 44 13 Moab 48 16 Monttceflo 41 Nepta Ogden Orem Park City Payson Price Provo Randolph 46 37 49 46 45 42 44 22 47 35 30 34 44 Roosevelt Salt Lake Sandy Snydervtfte S Jordan Span Fork St George Tooele Vernal Wendover W Valley Zion Park 31 39 57 44 34 30 38 59 Tr 13 19 18 27 21 18 17 22 5 17 3 12 19 18 15 Tr Tr 24 30 24 8 18 23 31 i 3724 3522 Weather(W): cloudy sh showers flurries Prep precipitation Tr trace Chinas New Image: Global Good Citizen LOS ANGELES TIMES World citizen China or world BEIJING threat China? At the conclusion of a year marked by milestone events the death of a powerful leader the repatriation of Hong Kong a crucial Communist Party meeting and a histone summit in the United States some diplomats and scholars contend that China is showing signs of a new maturity and engagement in world affairs China had a very big year domestically says a senior Western diplomat here You get the sense they really feel themselves setting things right The trend line is much more responsible behav- ior The most recent esample was Chinas statesmanlike pledge to fellow Asian countries this month that it would not take advantage of their economic miseries by devalumg its currency the renminbi a move that could have spurred Chinese exports in the Asian community such an act would have been viewed as kicking an opponent after he is already down Instead leaders attending the summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations or ASEAN in Singapore heard Chinese President Jiang Zemin speak of peace brotherhood and cooperation On the eve of the new century Jiang said Dec 17 we should approach and handle our relations e from a strategic perspective and forge a partnership of mutual trust Earlier China had demonstrated its cooperative spirit with an unprecedented offer to contribute $1 billion to the International Monetary Fund's bailout of Thailand The relief of the beleaguered Asian community has been palpable pleasing Chinese leaders who are clearly enjoying their new role as a responsible big brother rather than an unpredictable ideological giant The other countries were very worried about what we might do Assistant Foreign Minister Chen Jian said at a recent holiday party in the capital They were very relieved when we reas long-rang- Chma-ASEA- N lM Yesterday's National Extremes Capitol Rerf Cedar City 65 21 Coataile 36 9 43 14 32 7 Richfield Southeast Forecast Clouds and Sttte sun Hi 38 36 33 34 29 43 56 56 Bullfrog rout forecast s ' City BnghamCity Bryce N P 1 Jan 27 ricT" Alta Flumes Snow t-- ti Moonset today Moonnse today Blaming 9 Air Quality Highway Conditions - rail v 1 Utah Weather - are todays highstonights lows n 0 0 0 Good Moderate 0 Unhealthtul Very Unhealthful Today Salt Lake City Davis and Weber Yesterday 975-14- i vV Statistics recorded at the Utah Division of Air Quality through 5pm yesterday Cartoon Monoxide Particulates Ozone Southern Utah The start to this new year will be an unseasonably mild one for the region with clouds and a little sun Tomorrow will become mostly cloudy and windy with a few showers developing from west to east with snow in the higher mountains 9 ' 30 Snowfal Kjim'j' Env-- Today s National Forecast Northern Utah Temperatures http:wwwsllribeoni V" ' W8 affi sured them on the currency Since the collapse of the Soviet Union scholars and security analysts have pondered what role China will play in the new world order In recent years the debate has surfaced in several books most notably The Coming Conflict With China by Ross Munro and Richard Bernstein a recent effort that portrayed China as potentially the next Evil Empire At the same time many other China specialists led by the US business community have argued that this picture is too dark and that Chinas economic reforms and newfound consumer freedoms will cause an inevitable change for the better In describing recent efforts by Beijing to improve its image diplomats point to China's active participation in Korean peninsula peace negotiations and the pledge by Beijing that it will no longer provide Iran and Pakistan with components for nuclear weapons as positive examples of a China on its best behavior Lan Honggutmg The Asset tail'd See CHINA Page E-- 2 President Jiang Zemin gives China a new look |