But, as he recently acknowledged, over 60 percent of Angolan families remain mired in extreme poverty, living on less than $1.70 per day and without proper shelter — a problem that Beijing hasn't helped him solve.
He acknowledged that over Iraq the relationship between the intelligence agencies and the media "suffered greatly" because trust was compromised.
In January, he acknowledged that, over the last six years, he had failed to disclose his wife's employment with conservative organizations, in violation of the 1978 Ethics in Government Act.
He acknowledged uncertainty over the role of São Paulo, Brazil's largest city, after it was announced last month that São Paulo's Morumbi Stadium would not host games — despite repeated denials it would have to be dropped as a host city.
The plan was more modest than the one he had dismissed; still, he acknowledged that "over the last few months, institutions and professions have been rocked by the taint of misconduct and greed".
He acknowledged that "over the years, the police department had apparently developed an ad hoc system of occasionally granting light-duty status to officers who had an illness but who could still do light duty".
He acknowledged Ariel Sharon, who took over the battered right-wing party and nursed it back to financial and organizational health in his absence, but not really as a rival.
Then, Jiang Zemin, China's president, said he was prepared to meet the Dalai Lama providing he acknowledged Chinese sovereignty over Tibet and (a new condition) over Taiwan.
He acknowledged public concerns over privacy and the need to devise solutions to protect against privacy breaches.
But he acknowledged British concerns over the delicacy of intervention in the multi-dimensional Syrian conflict, noting that the situation in the country was more complicated because of the "brutal dictator" Bashar al-Assad.
