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| Obama mannia grips Shanghai for president's visit to China |
| 2009-11-15 |
| EXCITEMENT was building in Shanghai today ahead of President Barack Obama's first visit to China, which many expect will raise the US-China relationship to new heights. Office worker Zhang Yan brought her seven-year-old to Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in downtown Shanghai so he could meet the president "face to face''. "I told him briefly Obama's story,'' the 32-year-old said. "I want to encourage my son to learn from him and his fighting spirit to reach his goal. Obama is probably the most eloquent leader we have ever known.'' Despite a range of trade disputes, the first visit by the American president was "expected to push Sino-US relations to new heights'', said Tao Wenzho, a researcher at Beijing's Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. "The Obama administration has made clear that the common interests between the two countries outweigh their differences,'' Tao wrote in the China Daily. Mr Obama was to begin his maiden visit to China in Shanghai late on Sunday. On Monday, he was to meet with city leaders before meeting Chinese youth in the afternoon, an event due to be broadcast live, the Shanghai Daily reported. Afterwards he was to fly to Beijing to meet Chinese leaders until Wednesday. Mr Obama is especially well-liked among young people in the world's most populous nation, who see him as a symbol of the American dream. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #11 I must disagree, #10 EC. To have a flexible backbone, he must first have a backbone. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-11-15 18:35 |
| #10 A flexible backbone he has, for sure. |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2009-11-15 17:59 |
| #9 "Obama is probably the most eloquent leader we have ever known." Don't get out much, do ya'? |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-11-15 17:45 |
| #8 Don't tease me, DMFD. ;-p |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-11-15 17:44 |
| #7 A priest, a college student, and Nancy Pelosi are flying to California on a small plane. Over the Rockies they run out of fuel. The pilot announces they are going to crash says that there are only three parachutes for the four of them. He grabs one and leaps out of the plane. Nancy Pelosi stands up announces "I'm the smartest most powerful women in the world. Therefore I deserve one of the parachutes". She grabs it and leaps out of the plane. The priest says to the college student, "I'm old and have lived a good life. God will take care of me in the afterlife. You take the last parachute". The student says "Don't worry Father we both have parachutes. The smartest most powerful women in the world just jumped out of the plane with my backpack". |
| Posted by: DMFD 2009-11-15 16:25 |
| #6 I did an old joke over and it goes like this: Obama, Hillary, and Pelosi are flying out of Washington DC from K street to M street by way of the Statue of liberty for a photo op side trip in a four prop plane. Well in mid flight an engine shutters and stops and the pilot states over the com ,we have lost an engine but its ok we have three others but it will delay our flight one hour. Another shutters and stops the pilot then again announces, we have lost another engine but we are ok but we will be delayed another hour. At this point pelosi states in a huff if we lose the other engines we'll be up hear all night!. |
| Posted by: Dale 2009-11-15 15:36 |
| #5 Re #4: "What he said!" The war cry of the 1950's for you youngsters: "Unleash Chiang Kai-Shek!" |
| Posted by: borgboy 2009-11-15 14:47 |
| #4 If Truman had given MacArthur free rein to pursue the Chicoms in 1951, we wouldn't be seeing this sad spectacle today. |
| Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2009-11-15 13:13 |
| #3 If Obama kowtows or otherwise indicates submissiveness to Hu Jintao, the Chinese will go nuts and view it as a historic moment when the USA finally started treating China as teacher. This will lead to their old, bad attitudes towards foreigners and probably help to start a war. Contempt goes a long way. |
| Posted by: gromky 2009-11-15 12:11 |
| #2 you beat me too it uncle phester |
| Posted by: chris 2009-11-15 11:29 |
| #1 Any chance they will keep him....? |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2009-11-15 10:27 |