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Michelle Obama Looks to Ease Mistrust on China Trip
Space War ^
| March 18, 2014
| Staff
Posted on 03/18/2014 7:04:52 PM PDT by lbryce
Michelle Obama will look to dispel growing mistrust between the United States and China through a weeklong tour of the Asian power focused deliberately on soft issues, officials said Monday.
Accompanied by her two daughters and mother, the US first lady will head Wednesday on a tour to some of China's most celebrated sites including the Great Wall, the ancient terracotta warrior sculptures of Xian and a panda preserve.
White House officials said that Michelle Obama would not take up the myriad disputes between the two nations but would instead speak about educational exchanges and emphasize US goodwill toward the Chinese people.
"I think it is important to break through that mistrust and the first lady's visit is an opportunity to do that," Ben Rhodes, a deputy national security adviser, told reporters.
The Chinese public's opinion of the United States has significantly worsened from highs when President Barack Obama took office in 2009. Forty percent of Chinese had a favorable opinion of the United States in last year's Pew Research Center survey -- a figure far below that in Western and African nations but still higher than the rate in most of the Islamic world.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bho44; bhoasia; careerdiplomat; china; flotusmichelle; michelleobama
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To: DefeatCorruption
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posted on
03/18/2014 9:41:17 PM PDT
by
scott7278
("...I have not changed Congress and how it operates the way I would have liked..." - BHO)
To: lbryce
OK...moochelle is now embarking on foreign policy, now please explain how the two kids fit into that equation.
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posted on
03/18/2014 11:17:44 PM PDT
by
Conservative4Ever
(waiting for my Magic 8 ball to give me an answer)
To: shotgun
How do you say Wookie in chinee Ran it through a translator....
The answer is: "Wookie"
43
posted on
03/18/2014 11:22:10 PM PDT
by
Cold Heat
(Have you reached your breaking point yet? If not now....then when?)
To: Iron Munro
Geez, what is it with her anatomy...very strange.
44
posted on
03/18/2014 11:22:21 PM PDT
by
Conservative4Ever
(waiting for my Magic 8 ball to give me an answer)
To: Conservative4Ever
hey! The US treasury is their stash.....
45
posted on
03/18/2014 11:23:10 PM PDT
by
Cold Heat
(Have you reached your breaking point yet? If not now....then when?)
To: Cold Heat
伍基
46
posted on
03/18/2014 11:25:28 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
To: HiTech RedNeck
AhHa.....
Change the spelling to wookey....and you get a translation on google..
47
posted on
03/18/2014 11:29:33 PM PDT
by
Cold Heat
(Have you reached your breaking point yet? If not now....then when?)
To: Cold Heat
Well, that goes without saying... :-) , but what do the two kids have to do with foreign policy...I know... just shut up comrade and go back to work, we need your tax dollars to pay for this and future trips. I am so sick of these people and the other elites in DC are making me angry too.
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posted on
03/18/2014 11:37:29 PM PDT
by
Conservative4Ever
(waiting for my Magic 8 ball to give me an answer)
To: Conservative4Ever
but what do the two kids have to do with foreign policyThey have nothing to do with it, but if we label the trip as a policy trip, they can tag along free as well as she...100% government paid vaycay!
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posted on
03/19/2014 12:07:28 AM PDT
by
Cold Heat
(Have you reached your breaking point yet? If not now....then when?)
To: Cold Heat
Well, I sorta knew that...just trying to state the obvious. Geez, but I’m getting so tired of these people.
50
posted on
03/19/2014 12:20:32 AM PDT
by
Conservative4Ever
(waiting for my Magic 8 ball to give me an answer)
To: Conservative4Ever
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posted on
03/19/2014 12:25:54 AM PDT
by
Cold Heat
(Have you reached your breaking point yet? If not now....then when?)
To: Conservative4Ever
What is really funny, is that many of the die hard libs are also tired of him.
52
posted on
03/19/2014 12:27:07 AM PDT
by
Cold Heat
(Have you reached your breaking point yet? If not now....then when?)
To: lbryce
This woman is a dangerous stupid idiot!!! There is ALWAYS mistrust between Chinese and . In my dealings with Chinese there is one thing that is most important and that is "face". This big fat Fluke of a cow is going to head off to China and bad mouth the USA. The Chinese are like the Arabs and Persians. The one thing you do not do is badmouth your own family (tribe for Arabs and Persians). These skid mark Obamas have badmouthed this country from day one. NOTHING good will come of this. Our relation with China will be worse when the Moochelle train comes home. This woman is a vile creature that will only bring shame and disgrace to the USA.
To: lbryce
"when it comes to dealing with soft issues no one is more adept and capable than the First Lady."
To: lbryce
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH!!!!! OMG!! The CLASSLESS Moochelle is going as an AmbASSador!! OMG!!
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posted on
03/19/2014 3:49:25 AM PDT
by
Ann Archy
(Abortion.....the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: lbryce
Hey chi-coms, F.U.
Hey Moochelle, F.U.
56
posted on
03/19/2014 3:49:35 AM PDT
by
Joe Boucher
((FUBO) obammy lied and lied and lied)
To: Conservative4Ever
Geez, what is it with her anatomy...very strange. She's a he.
57
posted on
03/19/2014 3:50:01 AM PDT
by
Iron Munro
(Albert Einstein: The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits)
To: Mister Da
she won’t change her mind....she and her entourage and kids haven’t been to China yet, and they want a TAXPAYERS PAID VACATION!! They haven’t had one in a month!!
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posted on
03/19/2014 3:51:09 AM PDT
by
Ann Archy
(Abortion.....the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: Cold Heat
Plus, those two girls are SURLY....I NEVER see them SMILE!
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posted on
03/19/2014 3:52:18 AM PDT
by
Ann Archy
(Abortion.....the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: Ann Archy
Seems so.....but that is just like their Mother...
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posted on
03/19/2014 3:54:38 AM PDT
by
Cold Heat
(Have you reached your breaking point yet? If not now....then when?)
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