FILE PHOTO SHOWS CHINESE PRESIDENT JIANG ZEMIN

LON22:CHINA-DENG:BEIJING,19FEB97 - FILE PHOTO JUL95 - China's communist leadership will close ranks following the death of paramount leader Deng Xiaoping but power struggles may well be on the way as Beijing tries to deal with explosive change in the country Western diplomats and analysts say. Party Chief Jiang Zemin will take over the leadership, a move that has been carefully prepared during Deng's long illness. Jiang Zemin is shown in Munich, Germany, making a toast during a visit in July 1995. ns/files REUTERS