Gee Thanks, President Obama

The Daily Beast – While the Obama team is focused on securing military and monetary cooperation from President Hu Jintao at this week’s White House summit, the Chinese side is obsessed with protocol and “gaining face,” says Newsweek’s Melinda Liu. And it’s no wonder, considering the flubs of previous visits, from Deng Xiaoping insulting Shirley MacLaine to Mikhail Gorbachev’s accidental witnessing of Tiananmen Square.

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China and America’s 7 Biggest Gaffes
(The Daily Beast)