U.S. Vice President Joe Biden attends a discussion with U.S. and Chinese business leaders at Beijing Hotel in Beijing August 19, 2011. Reuters/Lintao Zhang/Pool
Posted on 08/19/2011 11:51:53 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, in China on a five-day charm mission, has worked hard with his hosts to inject a little amity into the sometimes fractious relationship, pulling punches but not his punch lines.
On Thursday, China's vice president and likely leader-in-waiting, Xi Jinping, met Biden at the Great Hall of the People.
"Good to see you again," Xi said. "I know you are very busy with national affairs at home."
"You ARE national affairs," Biden told his counterpart from the United States' largest creditor.
After on a stroll up the red carpet, Biden found a familiar face during introductions to the Chinese delegation.
"Remember what I told you last time: if I had hair like yours I'd be president," the 68-year-old VP with a well-groomed but receding silver hairline said.
Pleasantries out of the way, Xi and Biden got down to real issues -- ..
Then it was time for lunch. But Biden was chicken when it came to having guts.
Eating at a tiny Beijing restaurant renowned for its fried liver and pig intestines, the vice president balked: "Noodles or dumplings."
That meal for five, which included the new U.S. ambassador to China Gary Locke and Biden's granddaughter, cost about 79 yuan ($12), and seemed to have struck the right chord with Chinese microbloggers.
By noon the next day tens of thousands had weighed in on the lunch, many admiring the careful choreography to show how wisely Americans spend their money. Lend away, China.
After a good meal, .. back to business at the Great Hall, where he met with the Chairman of China's National People's Congress, Wu Bangguo.
Biden apologized to members of the Chinese delegation who had to listen to him speak "again and again and again."
He did not, however, apologize to the media.
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U.S. Vice President Joe Biden attends a discussion with U.S. and Chinese business leaders at Beijing Hotel in Beijing August 19, 2011. Reuters/Lintao Zhang/Pool
Drudge has it as
Biden jokes about debt held by China...
“You ARE national affairs,” Biden told Xi.
What a putz!
What an embarrassment for America this little twit is! I’ll bet the Commies can’t go to sleep for laughing after spending any time with him. Though he doesn’t mean to be, this guy is an absolute comic!
Send in the clown
This is disgusting.
The USA... The United States of America... Sends Joe Biden (class clown of congress, WH) to China to beg as a borrower to a lender. China will get what it wants politically, and the USA will just get deeper into debt. Disgusting.
This is disgusting.
The USA... The United States of America... Sends a goodwill team of 18-20 year old kids to play b-ball with adult, military trained, pro b-ball players in China and the Chinese feel they can hard foul and throw chairs at the USA at a Goodwill Game!!
It is TIME!
Time to make America great again so she owes another state nothing but aid if a disaster strikes.
It is TIME!
That other states respect USA delegates and military whenever and wherever the USA shows up!
IT IS TIME!!
(talk about this to everyone and vote accordingly...)
“where he met with the Chairman of China’s National People’s Congress, Wu Bangguo.”
“I’m delighted to meet the Chairman. Stand up and take a bow, Mao!”
Of all the American universities, why did US State Department send ostensibly Jesuit Georgetown to play the China army thugs—ending in a brawl—with the VP in Beijing—after Zero spoke at Georgetown with the symbol of Christ covered—and China now appointing bishops over the objection of the vatican?
Inquiring minds.
Don’t you know, with these jokers, AMerica is run like a fun campus.
We tried to export American pie to IRaq, but I think we are going to soon import those concrete T-Walls lining up the Green Zone in Bagdad... or the West Bank in Israel.
The rest button... now as the relations are going to degrade and turn ridiculously irrelevant with Biden... my, we are going to need more than a reset button, but a real set of pairs to keep those beasts down.
China holds a huge pile of our debt and they send a cheap suited vegas nightclub act. It’s like showing up in court in cut offs and flip flops and the judge is China.
This unprofessionalism and childish behavior will come back to bite us. This is just sick to watch our country being represented by a bunch of diplomatic idiots.
Russia and Iran are watching this carefully to see where they can exploit our weaknesses. Boy do they have a lot to work with here.
biden shouldn’t be allowed to negotiate with the pizza delivery boy, much less another country.
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