Poor Xi.
OMG, that’s worse than showing pictures of your kids to everyone and forcing them to talk to them on the phone. They’re here on state business for gosh sakes, not to have a bunch of kids paraded in.
We all know Arabella can sing Mandarin songs because Ivanka has posted them all over youtube. Fine, she’s a cute kid but this was inappropriate.
Wait. You mean the little kid didn’t sing in Russian?
What’s next, singing the call to prayer?
She handles pressure well. Most adults I know would crap their pants having to sing for somebody in public and fear it as much as public speaking.
The wife of the President of China is herself an accomplished singer and has sung in other languages.
Here she sings in Russian:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbuyvOpfOYI
Here in Japanese (skip to 2:00 mark):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8YXXe0ALnk
How easy it is to ignore that Xi Jinping is the current General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, in addition to being President of the People’s Republic of China.
Call me old fashioned but I’m not in favor of singing for the leader of world communism.
Chinese are culturally different from ourselves, maybe that’s obvious to some but judging by the responses here it’s not obvious to others. Trump’s granddaughter speaking Mandarin Chinese, let alone reciting a traditional Chinese poem or singing a traditional song, is a very important thing in their worldview. It shows respect, it gives them face. That little girl, Arabella, is hugely popular in China because of it, as is her mother. Chinese women have in turn made Ivanka something of a role model, they hold her in very high regard. Playing to the people of China is a good move for Trump and a good move for Xi, so I seriously doubt that either one of them were rolling their eyes as so many here are. There are some tough negotiations ahead in the near future, so all the goodwill that can be generated now is going to be a good thing going forward. It’ll help the medicine go down for the Chinese.
How easy it is to ignore that Xi Jinping is the current General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, in addition to being President of the People’s Republic of China.
Call me old fashioned but I’m not in favor of singing for the leader of world communism.
Arabella did great!
Wow. How inappropriate to interrupt the Presidents of the US and China.
I guess it’s safe to say one of the most dangerous places in the world is between Ivanka Trump and a camera.
Please go back to your fashion line, Ivanka! Jared's dad is convict, and Jared has done a lot of business with Soros. Trump's infatuation with his daughter is cringe-worthy.