China is the world’s second biggest economy, its rising superpower, and is on the cusp of a once-in-a-decade leadership change, but the man expected to take over at the head of the Communist Party has vanished from view, and we don’t know why. [BBC] CHINA’S VICE PRESIDENT Xi Jinping has not been seen in public [...]
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Clinton Used Media to Spook Chinese, Turning the Diplomatic Game in U.S. Favor
“It doesn’t mean they always agree,” he told me. “You can see them influencing each other’s views.” – Denis McDonough in “Head of State” “It was a standoff,” [Secretary Clinton] told me, “for 24 difficult hours.” – Old-Fashioned Diplomacy in the Twitter Age, by Susan B. Glasser HEAD OF STATE aptly names Hillary Rodham Clinton’s [...]
Chen Guangcheng on a Jet Plane Bound for Newark
The departure of Mr. Chen, one of the country’s most prominent dissidents, and the negotiations that led up to it, appeared to reflect careful calculations in both countries as they seek to cooperate on a range of economic and security issues. The American role in aiding Mr. Chen — spiriting him into the embassy after [...]
Secy. Clinton Leaves China Without Chen
Livingston dubbed Romney “very foolish” for wading into diplomatic issues such as this, especially when “he really didn’t have really any facts yesterday about what was going on… What happens in the U.S. embassy in China should be within the hands of the officials on the ground and the State Department,” Livingston said. “It should [...]
Chen Guangcheng Wants Asylum and a Way Out on ‘Hillary Clinton’s Plane’
THINGS HAVE GOTTEN a lot stickier in China. For one thing and predictably, according to the New York Times, after having promised to “guarantee his freedom and rights, and the U.S. made some efforts,” according to Chen’s wife, things have turned south. Another development is that according to Chen, American officials, “not those from the [...]
Chen Guangcheng Tells Secy. Clinton He Wanted to ‘Kiss Her’
SECRETARY CLINTON’S STATEMENT on Chen upon his departure from the U.S. embassy in China after a deal was reached that he would remain “unmolested.” I am pleased that we were able to facilitate Chen Guangcheng’s stay and departure from the U.S. Embassy in a way that reflected his choices and our values. I was glad [...]
Secy. Clinton Flies to China Amid Diplomatic Crisis
“They’re trying to figure out what they’re going to tell Hillary Clinton,” the official said of the Chinese leaders, speaking on the condition of anonymity because of the diplomatic delicacy surrounding the case. “We’d like to know as much as we can before she leaves.” – The New York Times THE U.S. EMBASSSY IN CHINA [...]
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