Changing China
Giant on the move
An Unlikely Couple
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Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao, arguably the world’s two most powerful men, stand shoulder to shoulder for their respective national anthems in Beijing on Tuesday.
But there are few smiles ahead of a morning of bilateral meetings on everything from the value of China’s currency to global warming. With their nations’ fates so bound to the relationship, and faced with the challenge of juggling trade and Tibet, it’s anyone’s guess what’s going through their minds.
It doesn’t help when a slightly disorientated Obama bumps into Hu’s back. But the Chinese President comes to the rescue with a gentle tug in the right direction.
“Which way are we going?” Obama asks Hu (who is not known to speak much English) as they leave their joint press briefing.
The question others may be asking is: “Who’s leading whom?”
Photo credit: David Gray
Video credit: Mark Chisholm, Jimmy Guan
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haha, that’s funny! Let’s hope Obama does not lose his “direction” in China.
US need China more than ever: goods, loans, “peace maker” image.
China needs US: getting paid, getting a good worldwide(and interior) image, and US “weight” for its own trades…
Most of the rest, is pure media whatever circus.
Obama should have arrived Beijing one day earlier to rehearse this welcoming proceedings and so save himself from embarrassement in bumping Hu’s shoulder. Or the rehearsal may take place inside White House with Gary Lock prior to this trip.