Chinese Media Ignore White House Gaffes

By JOE McDONALD, Associated Press Writer

BEIJING - Chinese news reports made no mention Friday of the protester who
interrupted President Hu Jintao's visit with President Bush or a White House 
announcer flubbing China's official name. But ordinary Chinese commenting on 
Web sites accused President Bush of insulting Hu.

"You can see from Bush's lack of respect for foreign leaders just how lacking
he is in class," said a posting on a bulletin board run by the People's Daily, the 
main Communist Party newspaper.

The gaffes were unlikely to sour Chinese leaders on the visit, which looked 
successful, said Shi Yinhong, director of the Center for American Studies at 
Beijing's Renmin University.

"The Chinese government and the Chinese public will think this kind of event is 
unfortunate, and think the U.S. government should take some responsibility for 
security arrangements and letting the protester in," Shi said.

But, to be fair, the Chinese did quite a bit of censoring of the coverage. So let's say both sides need a lot of work when it comes to respecting their fellow humans.

Again, and I hate to write this, expect China to be the big bad opposite the white-wearing US of A. Our government relies far too much on military businesses. That is, we need wars for good business economy. Russia's out of the picture. India's our ally this week. The Mid-East is too freaked up. China's just waiting there, a threat every which way. Question is, where do I invest to take advantage of that?