"The decider" corrects Chinese President Hu Jintao

[Sirius]

"U.S. President George W. Bush (R) reaches out and pulls Chinese President Hu Jintao back by his suit jacket as the President of China prepared to walk down the wrong set of steps to leave the stage during official South Lawn Arrival Ceremonies at the White House in Washington, April 20, 2006. (Jim Bourg/Reuters)"

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[DawnCt1]

"U.S. President George W. Bush (R) reaches out and pulls Chinese President Hu Jintao back by his suit jacket as the President of China prepared to walk down the wrong set of steps to leave the stage during official South Lawn Arrival Ceremonies at the White House in Washington, April 20, 2006. (Jim Bourg/Reuters)"

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Actually I thought the Heckler did a great job. Unlike a heckler in China, this one will live to tell about it.

 

[Free4Life11]

I am glad about the heckler. I hate these over-produced political things like this. They seem awfully fake to me. China has horrible human rights abuses especially in terms of religion and infanticide/forced abortions. Unfortunantely we can't really tick them off as they are becoming more and more powerful. Kind of like a Catch 22.

Of course China was covering the event but quickly cut the TV feed once the heckler started -- God forbid the Chinese see a protest!

 

[DawnCt1]

I am glad about the heckler. I hate these over-produced political things like this. They seem awfully fake to me. China has horrible human rights abuses especially in terms of religion and infanticide/forced abortions. Unfortunantely we can't really tick them off as they are becoming more and more powerful. Kind of like a Catch 22.

Of course China was covering the event but quickly cut the TV feed once the heckler started -- God forbid the Chinese see a protest!

This was far less produced that Hu wanted. He wanted a lot more and he had to settle for this. I believe he wanted a full state dinner. Not to worry however, he got one from Bill Gates. Yahoo was responsible for the last dissident being caught in China. Google and Yahoo have very liberal ideals....except when dealing with China.

 

[DawnCt1]

"U.S. President George W. Bush (R) reaches out and pulls Chinese President Hu Jintao back by his suit jacket as the President of China prepared to walk down the wrong set of steps to leave the stage during official South Lawn Arrival Ceremonies at the White House in Washington, April 20, 2006. (Jim Bourg/Reuters)"

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I am only sorry that President Bush didn't shove him off of the stage. Well, maybe next time.

 

[Free4Life11]

This was far less produced that Hu wanted. He wanted a lot more and he had to settle for this. I believe he wanted a full state dinner. Not to worry however, he got one from Bill Gates. Yahoo was responsible for the last dissident being caught in China. Google and Yahoo have very liberal ideals....except when dealing with China.

Yep they made it sound like he has high demands. Like things a certain way I guess. Sounds like a little child -- see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

Apparently $$ really DOES talk. Kind of sickening. I'm still mad China got the olympics in fact I might refrain from watching/supporting it in any way. I work in immigration and come across far too many asylum cases from China.

 

[Sirius]

Wow, doesn't anyone have a sense of humor?

BTW, This photo has nothing to do with the heckler. President Jintao was exiting down the wrong set of stairs and the president grabbed him.

 

[LukenDC]

Yesterday evening as I was walking home I noticed groups of Chinese standing alongside Connecticut Avenue holding large Chinese and American flags and banners proclaiming Sino-American friendship. They were clearly waiting for a motorcade and, judging by the police cars on standby to close the street to traffic, I'm sure they got to see it. The demonstrators seemed very well coordinated and I suspect that the Chinese embassy played a role in organizing them. It's a great photo op for the Chinese president.

As for the photo in the original post, I agree that it's funny. President Hu does not seem too pleased with being touched. Bush should have spoken up instead of simply tugging on his jacket.

 

[Deb in IA]

This was far less produced that Hu wanted. He wanted a lot more and he had to settle for this. I believe he wanted a full state dinner. Not to worry however, he got one from Bill Gates. Yahoo was responsible for the last dissident being caught in China. Google and Yahoo have very liberal ideals....except when dealing with China.

Dawn, do you own anything that was manufactured, produced, or imported from China?

 

[rayelias]

Of course China was covering the event but quickly cut the TV feed once the heckler started -- God forbid the Chinese see a protest!

I heard that CNN cut the feed, too.

Funny how if it involves a leftist country, like China, they cut the feed. But, if it was GWB getting heckled in a foreign country, they play it over, and over, and over.

Things that make you go, hmmmmm....

 

[eclectics]

I am only sorry that President Bush didn't shove him off of the stage. Well, maybe next time.

But you seem to be okay with him wishing we had even stronger ties with China (his own quote), cowtowing to China's whims, and turning a blind eye to their horrendous human rights record and their occupation of Tibet. You rolled your eyes at Bill Gates. He just wants to do some business but Bush seems okay with giving China our entire economy on a silver platter. The trade discrepancies between our two countries is laughable. Want to know why there is an oil shortage and we are paying $3.00 a gallon? Because China shoved their way in and is buying all there is for themselves. The President seems proud that he likes to stand up to world tyrants and bullies. Well, how about putting his money where his mouth is and start getting tough with China instead of giving the pompous jerk a state visit?

 

[eclectics]

I heard that CNN cut the feed, too.

Funny how if it involves a leftist country, like China, they cut the feed. But, if it was GWB getting heckled in a foreign country, they play it over, and over, and over.

Things that make you go, hmmmmm....

Funny. The only news outlet I saw that did show it over and over was CNN. Don't believe everything you "hear".

 

[cardaway]

Dawn, do you own anything that was manufactured, produced, or imported from China?

We know she owna a computer and it's very likely at least one part in there came form China.

 

[Galahad]

Deb, I have some China that came from Iowa. I understand it's fine China.

 

[Disneyrsh]

It could have been worse; President Bush could have thrown up on him!

Seriously, I would have done the same thing. Although, probably not to the ruler of the communist superpower.

Unless I was similarly endowed, like President Bush...

 

[LukenDC]

Deb, I have some China that came from Iowa. I understand it's fine China.

LOL

 

[Deb in IA]

We know she owna a computer and it's very likely at least one part in there came form China.

Exactly.

With the trade deficit with China at a record $202 BILLION, increasing at a rate of 24% over last year, goods made in China, particularly in the high-tech areas are ubiquitous.

So, like it or not, DawnCt, you ARE supporting and financing the very country and government you find so intolerable, and in the only manner that they care about . . . your $$$.

China’s trade surplus with the United States increased by 24.5% in 2005, to $202 billion, the United States’ largest bilateral deficit. This bilateral deficit with China increased $40 billion in 2005, more than accounting for the entire increase in the United States’ non-oil trade deficit. China has prevented any appreciable increase in the value of its currency, which has caused the bilateral trade deficit to balloon for a number of years. China’s intransigence has encouraged other Asian nations to prevent or slow increases in the value of their currencies. U.S. imports from China are six times the value of U.S. exports to China, making it the United States’ most imbalanced trading relationship. U.S. imports from China were $243 billion in 2005 (an increase of 24%), making China the second largest exporter of goods to the United States, behind Canada at $288 billion. At current rates of growth, China will surpass Canada and become the largest supplier of U.S. imports within the next two years.

http://www.epinet.org/content.cfm/webfeatures_econindicators_tradepict20060210

Deb, I have some China that came from Iowa. I understand it's fine China.

Hmm. Well, most things from China are pretty fine!

 

[BunsenH]

That's a good photo for a "write a caption" contest.

"Hey Hu, this way. Take my hand."

"Nice suit. You didn't buy THAT in China!"