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The Presidential Planner Abroad
November 16, 2009 6:02 PM
From Sunlen Miller:
BEIJING, CHINA -- President Obama will start his Tuesday in Beijing, and first attend a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People.
Located on the edge of Tiananmen Square, the Great Hall of the People is home to the National People’s Congress. Built in 1959 the building is one of ten structures in Bejing to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China.
While inside Mr. Obama will meet with Chinese President Hu one-one-one. Last night the two leaders dined together, with a small part of senior US officials, at the Diaoyutai State Guest House. National Security Advisor Gen. Jones said their dinner centered on the “evolution and histories of China and the United States, with each President outlining the economic challenges each faces in trying to bring prosperity to their respective peoples.”
The “official agenda,” including a thorough discussion on the economy, was saved for today’s bilateral meeting between the two leaders, Jones said.
Yesterday President Obama said that the world is watching for the “meeting of the minds” between their countries – and topics of discussion will likely be the global economy, nuclear proliferation and climate change.
Later the President will attend a cultural event – one of the few during his week-long four country tour of Asia – and visit the Forbidden City with United States Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman. The Forbidden City was the seat of “supreme power” for over five centuries – home to 24 emperors between 1416 and 1911 from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty and is the world’s largest palace complex. After a tour, Mr. Obama will sign the Official Guest Book at the Gate of Loyal Obedience.
Yesterday during a town hall in Shanghai Mr. Obama said that this – along with his upcoming visit to the Great Wall tomorrow - is something that he is most looking forward to during his week-long trip.
“Just as I'm impressed by these signs of China's journey to the 21st century, I'm eager to see those ancient places that speak to us from China's distant past. Tomorrow and the next day I hope to have a chance when I'm in Beijing to see the majesty of the Forbidden City and the wonder of the Great Wall. Truly, this is a nation that encompasses both a rich history and a belief in the promise of the future.”
Afterward the President will visit with US embassy employees and their families, as he has done at each stop during his trip.
Mr. Obama will then meet with Chairman Wu Bangguo at the Great Hall of the People. Wu is chairman of the Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress. The two leaders last met in early September at the White House
In the evening Mr. Obama will attend the State Dinner Reception again at the Great Hall of the People, and spend his second night in Bejing.
-Sunlen Miller
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Looks like Obama is in for a toughie with this one how will he satisfy both the Chinese Government and the Dalai Lama.
Posted by: billy37 | Nov 17, 2009 2:18:27 PM
Posted by: Visualize Whirled Peas | Nov 17, 2009 10:18:56 AM"
Do you have Fascist's disease of not crediting work or are you just a sock puppet?
"By Ari Allyn-Feuer of ARS Technica"
Posted by: Ryan C | Nov 17, 2009 12:54:50 PM
Obama’s Goal --- Chinamerica Global Empire
Posted by: Alan MacDonadl | Nov 16, 2009 9:29:53 PM
Seems to me its time for Americans and 'free-world' corporations to put their money where their mouths are . . .
Posted by: tierra | Nov 16, 2009 10:54:59 PM
"Intel's China-based Fab 68 will produce 65nm silicon exclusively when it goes online early next year, Intel has announced. The announcement is something of a surprise, since Intel had been restricted by US government export regulations from exporting high-end semiconductor manufacturing equipment to China, and when Fab 68 goes online, 65nm will be only two nodes behind the cutting edge." -
Posted by: Visualize Whirled Peas | Nov 17, 2009 10:18:56 AM
--Would you like to buy a product from China or a product from Pakistan?
This is akin to asking, Have you stopped beating your wife? These are not your only choices.
Posted by: Wall-E | Nov 17, 2009 10:16:43 AM
Posted by: Alan MacDonadl | Nov 16, 2009 9:29:53 PM
This has been going on for years now.
What are your choices as a consumer in the 'free' world? Would you like to buy a product from China or a product from Pakistan?
That's the choice good old 'free' multi-national corporations have given us 'free' consumers - which repressive, or semi-repressive hot-bed of terrorism foreign country would you like to support?
Seems to me its time for Americans and 'free-world' corporations to put their money where their mouths are . . .
Posted by: tierra | Nov 16, 2009 10:54:59 PM
who will he bow to there?
ABC: Government panel tells women to stop cancer screening under age 40..Rationed healthcare has begun
Death Panels resurface
Posted by: Obama would bow to snowpeas | Nov 16, 2009 9:49:02 PM
As ABC reports, "The Forbidden City was the seat of “supreme power” for over five centuries – home to 24 emperors between 1416 and 1911."
So China is pretty comfortable with Empire --- except for its brief flirt with Communism.
Obama’s Goal --- Chinamerica Global Empire.
As Mr. Obama smoothly put it in his meeting with students in Shanghai Monday, "there are very few global challenges that can be solved unless the United States and China agree."
Obama is signaling that his paymasters have found another attractive building-block to their global ruling-elite corporate/financial EMPIRE, one which they would like him to charm and incorporate.
"Yes, we can do EMPIRE bidness with China. They sure know how to manage their human cogs, and keep things going swimmingly. Bloody good show, old men."
Or as Dylan Ratigan might say beyond Keynesians, “We’re all Corporate Communists now.”
Alan MacDonald
Sanford, Maine
Posted by: Alan MacDonadl | Nov 16, 2009 9:29:53 PM
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