Thursday, January 20, 2011

Guess Hu's Coming To Dinner?

Hu's on first? Hu Jintao is in the House! The White House, no less!

Well, Hu got a State Dinner with all the pomp and ceremony. It was sort of reminiscent of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's dinner in November 2009. But, wait, Nicholas Sarkozy of France, was here recently and didn't get all this attention? Why? Well, because Hu's special; (We're beginning to look a lot like China). As I heard it mentioned on a radio program: Hu's President Obama's counterpart. Maybe, Obama can get a few pointers on how to control the ignorant cannon fodder? China probably wrote the book on requiring the proletariat to "tone down the rhetoric".
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Here's the implied message: Protests encouraged in developing nations - Muslim countries, African States; But, civility in the People's Democratic Republic of China, and the (USSR) aka United States of America.
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Business as usual is all that matters. Money talks, everyone else shut up!

Back to the epicurean attractions (distractions): What did they have for Dinner?

On the menu: d'anjou pear salad with farmstead goat cheese, poached Maine lobster, orange glazed carrots and black trumpet mushrooms, dry aged rib eye with buttermilk crisp onions, double-stuffed potatoes and creamed spinach. Dessert was to be old-fashioned apple pie with vanilla ice cream.

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Oh, no carrot sticks? No greens or fruits?
What a double-standard? Or, is it a double-entendre?
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Arsenio.

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CNN White House Senior Supervising Producer Stacia Deshishku

THE PRESIDENT and MRS. OBAMA

HIS EXCELLENCY HU JINTAO

The Honorable Madeleine Albright, Washington, D.C.

Ms. Alice Albright

Ms. Christiane Amanpour, ABC News, New York, NY

Mr. James Rubin

The Honorable David Axelrod, Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor

Mrs. Susan Axelrod

Mr. Jeffrey Bader, National Security Council

Ms. Rohini Talalla

The Honorable Elizabeth Bagley, Washington, D.C.

Mr. Kevin Frawley

Mr. Steven Ballmer, Microsoft, Redmond, WA

Mrs. Connie Ballmer

Ms. Bette Bao Lord, New York, NY

The Honorable Winston Lord

Mrs. Denise Bauer, Belvedere Tiburon, CA

The Honorable Howard Berman, Representative from California

Mrs. Janis Berman

Vice President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

Dr. Jill Biden

The Honorable Joseph Beau Biden, III, Attorney General of Delaware, Wilmington, DE

Mrs. Hallie Biden

His Excellency Zheng Bijian, Chairman, CIIDS

His Excellency Dai Bingguo, State Councilor

Mr. Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs, New York, NY

Mrs. Laura Blankfein

The Honorable Antony Blinken, Deputy Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor, Office of the Vice President

The Honorable Stephen Breyer, United States Supreme Court

Dr. Johanna Breyer

Mr. Greg Brown, Motorola, Schaumburg, IL

Mrs. Anna-Louise Brown

The Honorable Dr. Zbigniew Brezezinski, McLean, VA

Mrs. Emilie A. Brzezinski

The Honorable Kurt M. Campbell, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs

The Honorable Lael Brainard, Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs

The Honorable James E. Carter, former President of the United States

Mrs. Rosalynn Carter

Mr. Jackie Chan, Beverly Hills, CA

Mr. Phillip Button

The Honorable Elaine Chao, Washington, D.C.

Dr. James Chao

His Excellency Wang Chao, Vice Minister for Commerce

His Excellency Tung Chee Hwa, Vice Chairman, CPPCC, former Hong Kong Chief Executive

Mr. John A. Chen, Chairman, Committee of 100, New York, NY

Mrs. Sherrie Chen

The Honorable Chris Christie, Governor of New Jersey, Trenton, NJ

Mrs. Mary Pat Christie

The Honorable Judy Chu, Representative from California

Ms. Chiling Tong

The Honorable Steven Chu, Secretary of Energy

Mrs. Jean Chu

The Honorable Hillary R. Clinton, Secretary of State

The Honorable William J. Clinton, former President of the United States

The Honorable James E. Clyburn, Representative from South Carolina

Mr. John Clyburn

The Honorable Richard Daley, Mayor of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Mrs. Maggie Daley

The Honorable William Daley, Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff

Ms. Bernadette Keller

His Excellency Chen Deming, Minister of Commerce

Mr. Jamie Dimon, JP Morgan Chase & Co., New York, NY

Mrs. Judith Dimon

The Honorable Thomas Donilon, Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor

Ms. Cathy Russell, Chief of Staff to Dr. Jill Biden

The Honorable Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education

Mrs. Karen Duncan

Mr. James Fallows, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.

Mrs. Deborah Fallows

Mr. Xie Feng, Director General, MFA

Mr. Thomas Friedman, The New York Times, Washington, D.C.

Mrs. Ann Friedman

The Honorable Michael B. Froman, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs

Ms. Nancy Goodman

His Excellency Wan Gang, Minister of Science and Technology

The Honorable Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense

Mrs. Becky Gates

The Honorable Timothy F. Geithner, Secretary of the Treasury

Mrs. Carole Geithner

Mr. Mark Gilbert, Boca Raton, FL

Mrs. Nancy Gilbert

The Honorable Chris Gregoire, Governor of Washington, Olympia, WA

Ms. Courtney Gregoire

His Excellency Zhu Guangyao, Vice Minister for Finance

His Excellency Zhang Guobao, Vice Minister for NDRC

Mr. Herbie Hancock, Los Angeles, CA

Mrs. GiGi Hancock

The Honorable Dr. John P. Holdren, Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Science and Technology

The Honorable Robert Hormats, Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs

The Honorable Steny Hoyer, Representative from Maryland, Democratic WHIP

His Excellency Wang Huning, Director of the Policy Research Office of CCCPC

The Honorable Jon Huntsman, U.S. Ambassador to China

Mrs. Mary Kaye Huntsman

Mr. Robert Iger, The Walt Disney Company, Burbank, CA

Ms. Willow Bay

Mr. David Ignatius, The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.

Dr. Eve Ignatius

Mr. Jeff Immelt, General Electric, Fairfield, CT

Mrs. Andrea Immelt

The Honorable Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement

His Excellency Li Jiaxiang, Vice Minister for Transportation

His Excellency Yang Jiechi, Minister of Foreign Affairs

His Excellency Ling Jihua, Director of the General Office of CCCPC

Mr. Robert Kagan, McLean, VA

Ms. Victoria Nuland

Mr. Michael Kempner, East Rutherford, NJ

Mrs. Jacqueline Kempner

Mr. Muhtar Kent, Coca-Cola, Atlanta, GA

The Honorable John F. Kerry, Senator from Massachusetts

Mrs. Teresa Heinz Kerry

Mr. Robert King, UAW, Detroit, MI

Ms. Julie Kushner

The Honorable Ron Kirk, United States Trade Representative

Mrs. Matrice Ellis-Kirk

The Honorable Henry Kissinger, New York, NY

Mrs. Nancy Kissinger

Mr. Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times, Scarsdale, NY

Ms. Sheryl WuDunn

Ms. Ellen Kullman, DuPont, Wilmington, DE

Mr. Michael Kullman

Dr. Zhang Kunsheng, Director-General, Protocol Department

Ms. Michelle Kwan, Torrance, CA

Mr. Lang Lang, New York, NY

Mrs. Zhou Xiulan

The Honorable Jacob Lew, Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources

Ms. Maya Lin, New York, NY

Mr. Daniel Wolf

Ms. Limin Liu, Reno, NV

Dr. Hugh Shapiro

Mr. Andrew N. Liveris, The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI

Mrs. Paula Liveris

The Honorable Gary Locke, Secretary of Commerce

Mrs. Mona Locke

The Honorable Christopher Lu, Assistant to the President and Cabinet Secretary

Ms. Kathryn Thomson

The Honorable Richard Lugar, Senator from Indiana

Mrs. Charlene Lugar

Mr. Yo Yo Ma, Burbank, CA

Ms. Jill Hornor

The Honorable Capricia Marshall, Chief of Protocol, Department of State

Mr. W. James McNerney, The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL

Mrs. Haity McNerney

Mr. Evan Medeiros, Director for Asian Affairs, NSS

His Excellency Jiang Mianheng, Vice Chairman, CAS

Mr. Mel Monzack, Wilmington, DE

Mrs. Ann Monzack

Admiral Michael G. Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Mrs. Wendi Deng Murdoch, New York, NY

Mr. James Murren, Las Vegas, NV

Mrs. Heather Murren

The Honorable Thomas Nides, Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources

Ms. Virginia Moseley

Mr. Paul Otellini, Intel, Santa Clara, CA

Mrs. Sandy Otellini

The Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Representative from California, Democratic Leader

Mr. Paul Pelosi

His Excellency Zhang Ping, Minister of NDRC

The Honorable David Plouffe, Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor

Ms. Olivia Morgan

Mr. Tom Pritzker, Pritzker Organization, Chicago, IL

Mrs. Margot Pritzker

His Excellency Wang Qishan, Vice Premier of the State Council

Ms. Jean Quan, Mayor of Oakland, CA

The Honorable Edwin M. Lee, Mayor of San Francisco, CA

Ms. Azita Raji, JP Morgan Securities, Inc., Belvedere, CA

Mr. Gary Syman

The Honorable Ben Rhodes, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting

Ms. Ann Norris

The Honorable Susan Rice, United States Ambassador to the United Nations, New York, NY

Mr. Ian Cameron

Mr. Robert Roche, Shanghai, CN

Mr. Kenneth Roth, The Human Rights Watch, Washington, D.C.

Ms. Annie Sparrow

The Honorable Pete Rouse, Counselor to the President

Ms. Courtney Chapin

Mr. David M. Rubenstein, The Carlyle Group, Washington, D.C.

Mrs. Alice Rubenstein

Mr. Kirk Rudy, Austin, TX

Mrs. Amy Rudy

The Honorable Brent Scowcroft, The Forum for International Policy, Washington, D.C.

The Honorable Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services

The Honorable Gary Sebelius

The Honorable Susan Sher, Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the First Lady

The Honorable Neil Cohen

Mr. Robert Sherman, Boston, MA

Ms. Kim S. Sawyer

His Excellency Chen Shiju, Chief of the President’s Office

The Honorable George Shultz, Stanford, CA

Mrs. Charlotte Shultz

Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, Culver City, CA

The Honorable Phil Gordon, Mayor of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ

The Honorable Gene Sperling, Assistant to the President for Economic Policy & Director of the National Economic Council

Ms. Allison Abner

The Honorable Jim Steinberg, Deputy Secretary of State

Ms. Sherburne B. Abbott

Ms. Barbra Streisand, Malibu, CA

Mr. James Brolin

The Honorable Tina Tchen, Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Public Engagement

Mr. John Thornton, The Brookings Institution, HSBC North America, Palm Beach, FL

Mrs. Margaret Thornton

His Excellency Cui Tiankai, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs

Dr. Stanley Toy, Jr., Pasadena, CA

Ms. Lana Toy

Mr. Luis Ubinas, The Ford Foundation, New York, NY

Dr. Deborah Tolman

Mr. Jose Villarreal, Commissioner General, Shanghai Expo, San Antonio, TX

Ms. Sara Villarreal

Ms. Vera Wang, New York, NY

Mr. Arthur Becker

Mr. Steve Westly, Menlo Park, CA

Ms. Anita Yu

Ms. Anna Wintour, Vogue Magazine, New York, NY

Mr. Shelby Bryan

Ms. Patricia A. Woertz, Archer Daniels Midland, Decatur, IL

Mr. Kelvin R. Westbrook

Mr. B.D. Wong, New York, NY

Mrs. Roberta Wong

Mr. Charles Woo, Mega Toys, Los Angeles, CA

Mrs. Ying Woo

The Honorable David Wu, Representative from Oregon

Ms. Anna Kopperud

His Excellency Xie Xuren, Minister of Finance

His Excellency Zhang Yesui, Chinese Ambassador to the United States

Madam Chen Naiqing

His Excellency Sun Yibiao, Vice Minister for Customs

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