China mistakenly referred to as Taiwan
By on Apr 20th, 2006 at 5:48 pm
China mistakenly referred to as Taiwan
in the official White House ceremony welcoming Chinese President Hu Jintao.
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OUCH!!
April 20th, 2006 at 5:50 pmooops
April 20th, 2006 at 5:53 pmIDIOTS.
April 20th, 2006 at 5:53 pmOh, brother. This kind of thing happens.
April 20th, 2006 at 5:55 pm“Them Oriental countries is all the same anyway!”
April 20th, 2006 at 5:55 pmSigned, Dear Leaker
“Aw heck, them little slanty eyed fellers all look the same.” – GWB
April 20th, 2006 at 5:55 pmThis is W’s ONE CHINA policy.
April 20th, 2006 at 5:59 pmMUTHAFUGGIN WOOT!
Patrick J. Fitzgerald said…
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5:04 PM
Patrick J. Fitzgerald said…
PS: Composing any new songs with a certain special prosecutor mentioned in the lyrics?
5:06 PM
Goper’s Lament (Hard To Be A Republican)
April 20th, 2006 at 6:02 pmI would like to point out that announcing the peoples republic of China might sound a little commie to that republican base if you know what I mean.
April 20th, 2006 at 6:03 pm#6 – we were so on the same page …
April 20th, 2006 at 6:04 pmThis confusion comes as no surprise.
Just heard that China commits at least 80% of the worlds executions. This is a country that puts people to death for even non-violent crimes such as tax evasion. (Imagine the US executing tax evaders). We should not be clicking wine glasses with China and we should boycott products made in China. This (China) is a country that has no human rights. This is a country that shots to kill it’s own unarmed citizens if they protest against the Chinese government. China is not much different than Nazi Germany and yet Bush&Co is making buddies with China’s dictator. What the hell, what’s one more dictator to befriend?
April 20th, 2006 at 6:08 pm#11 ~ i agree, if i stop buying any thing made in china, i could save a bundle! i’ll start checking the labels more carefully. walmart seems to stock almost all made in china crap,
April 20th, 2006 at 6:22 pmsooooo what ever happened to the walmart ~ made in the usa~ slogan!
they probably made the banners in china anyways…… !
I want to say, “you couldn’t script this”.
Except someone did.
April 20th, 2006 at 6:25 pmAnd this was a surprise to anyone? Is there anything the White House can get right?
April 20th, 2006 at 6:28 pmJudean People’s Front? Fuck off! We’re the People’s Front of Judea!!!
April 20th, 2006 at 6:29 pmDo these guys ever get anything right???
April 20th, 2006 at 6:49 pm15
Listen. The only people we hate more than the Romans are the Judean People’s Front.
April 20th, 2006 at 7:13 pmHow more WRONG could this visit have been?
April 20th, 2006 at 7:14 pmThey just don’t care. It’s all so much easier to understand once you realize that giving a shit is something the reality-based community does.
April 20th, 2006 at 7:18 pmI doubt this was a mistake. It’s no secret China wants to annex Taiwan. Kinda witty, really.
Now if Bush would let the Chinese president face the press’ sarcasm… I mean wit.
April 20th, 2006 at 7:18 pmIt’s no secret China wants to annex Taiwan. Kinda witty, really.
Comment by Lesly — April 20, 2006 @ 7:18 pm
China considers Taiwan a province, and actually Taiwan has not issued a formal declaration of independence from China.
Makes no sense to me, but I guess that’s why I am no politician…
April 20th, 2006 at 7:33 pmSPLITTERS!!!!
April 20th, 2006 at 7:36 pmNo surprise at all. Jeb Bush referred to our country as a Republic (in fact we live in a Parliamentary Monarchy)… The world is used to those (american) mistakes… ;)
April 20th, 2006 at 7:41 pmAnd, btw, diplomacy isn’t strong in the Bush family…
April 20th, 2006 at 7:43 pmAll-in-all, it was a bad day for Bushy and Hu.
April 20th, 2006 at 7:45 pm#21. The government of Taiwan considers itself to be the only legitimate government of China. In 1949, Chiang Kai-shek was defeated on the mainland. He took his army and the government that it served across the channel and continued to “govern” China from the island. Thus, Taiwan has no need to declare itself “independent,” as it is and always has been “the government,” and those in Beijing are the usurpers. If anything, according to their outlook, the PRC should declare itself independent of Taiwan.
April 20th, 2006 at 7:48 pmIf anything, according to their outlook, the PRC should declare itself independent of Taiwan.
Comment by pete — April 20, 2006 @ 7:48 pm
Thanks for the background, pete. I was aware that Chiang Kai Shek considered himself a government from exile, of sorts. What I meant to say is that there is a nationalist party in Taiwan whose main goal is to formally declare the Republic of Taiwan as an independent nation (I don’t recall the name of the political party).
This is a big deal for China -they are ready to further their “One China” policy with military force if they have to. And that’s why calling the People’s Republic of China “Republic of China” is a major diplomatic no-no.
April 20th, 2006 at 8:15 pmNice way to treat a guest. Now other world leaders see how disrepectfull and dumb our President is. The United States Presidents use to treat guest with respect and welcomed them here now our President shows disrespect and lets the world know how dumb he is. These tricks of trying to shame President Hu Jintao didn’t work but it showed others what to expect when they come to visit the United States.
April 21st, 2006 at 12:46 amAt least they got the music right, I hope. Imagine if they gave the wrong country name and then played “China Grove” or Bowie’s “China Girl”. Now that would have created an international incident. And would have been not all that surprising.
April 21st, 2006 at 8:27 amDem dang chiners look all da sem anyways. Don’t mess wif Texass.
April 21st, 2006 at 9:48 am#14, “Is there anything the White House can get right?”
Killin’ brown people (or in the case of N’ Orleans, just lettin’ em die) and blowin’ stuff up!
April 21st, 2006 at 9:50 amAnd the Judean Popular Peoples Front! Splitters!!!
April 21st, 2006 at 10:38 amThey failed to listen to advisers regarding matters of intelligence gathering, they catnap at press conferences – you can’t expect them to be too attentive to matters regarding protocol.
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