| | | I would laugh and laugh if the Chinese government arrested and imprisoned that piece of ape $hit and his staff for grave crimes against the state. LOL!
Heated Words and Awkward Surprises After Air Force One Lands in China
White House officials expect sharp words and the occasional elbow when an American president travels to China. But the reception that President Obama and his staff got when they arrived here Saturday afternoon was bruising, even by Chinese standards.
When Air Force One rolled to a stop, there was no staircase for Mr. Obama to disembark in view of the television cameras. Instead, he emerged from a rarely used door in the belly of the plane. It did not matter, since the reporters who normally cover the president’s movements were kept behind a rope under a wing, where they could not see him, prompting an angry exchange between a security official and White House aides.
When Susan E. Rice, the national security adviser, ducked under the rope, she was immediately stopped by a Chinese official, who heatedly challenged her. Asked later by a reporter what had happened, a diplomatic Ms. Rice said, “They did things that weren’t anticipated.”
The surprises continued at the West Lake State House, where Mr. Obama met President Xi Jinping. White House aides, protocol officers and Secret Service agents were stopped at a security checkpoint, according to a pool report. A shouting match, in Chinese, broke out over how many Americans should be allowed into the building before Mr. Obama’s arrival, and whether their names were on the proper lists.
As the words escalated, there were fears that a fight might erupt. “Calm down, please,” a White House official said. A Chinese Foreign Ministry official said, “Stop, please,” adding, “There are reporters there.”
“The president is arriving here in an hour,” a member of the White House staff said in frustration. |
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