WORLD_ China’s Subtle War Against U.S. Dignity

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

China’s Subtle War Against U.S. Dignity

The goal of minor insults such as the G-20 tarmac kerfuffle is to diminish the U.S.


Arriving for the G-20 in Hangzhou, U.S. President Barack Obama had to exit Air Force One through a lower set of steps rather than the usual mobile staircase due to a disagreement between U.S. and Chinese officials. Photo: DAMIR SAGOLJ/REUTERS

By ANDREW BROWNE
Sept. 6, 2016 4:43 a.m. ET

1 COMMENTS

SHANGHAI—China, it turns out, didn’t deliberately intend to snub President Obama, although the strained protocol when he landed in Hangzhou for a G-20 meeting of world leaders over the weekend made it look that way.

“This is our country! This is our airport!” an agitated Chinese official snapped at a White House aide in a tarmac row over arrangements for the traveling press corps after Air Force One touched down.

China plays by its own rules nowadays, even on the simple matter of who should provide mobile stairs for the U.S. president’s aircraft. A disagreement over whose set to use—America’s or China’s—forced Mr. Obama to exit from a lower door on folding steps. A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman fumed at “arrogant and opinionated” Western media for suggesting Beijing had deliberately tried to humiliate him.

READ MORE: http://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-subtle-war-against-u-s-dignity-1473151399

***


Chân thành cám ơn Quý Anh Chị ghé thăm "conbenho Nguyễn Hoài Trang Blog".
Xin được lắng nghe ý kiến chia sẻ của Quý Anh Chị trực tiếp tại Diễn Đàn Paltalk: 1Latdo Tapdoan Vietgian CSVN Phanquoc Bannuoc . 
Kính chúc Sức Khỏe Quý Anh Chị . 


conbenho
Tiểu Muội quantu
Nguyễn Hoài Trang
06092016
___________
Cộng sản Việt Nam là TỘI ÁC
Bao che, dung dưỡng TỘI ÁC là ĐỒNG LÕA với TỘI ÁC