China 'scared to death' of Pelosi: leaked cable

kpete

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Tue Nov-30-10 10:58 AM
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China 'scared to death' of Pelosi: leaked cable

Edited on Tue Nov-30-10 10:59 AM by kpete

Source: AFP

China 'scared to death' of Pelosi: leaked cable
AFP

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A top diplomat at the US embassy in Beijing said he asked China to consider letting Pelosi go to Tibet during her May 2009 visit to China, according to a cable obtained by whistleblower site WikiLeaks.

Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei responded that China could not arrange the trip due to Pelosi's "tight schedule," according to the cable reprinted by Britain's Guardian newspaper.

The Chinese ambassador in Kazakhstan was blunter, telling his US counterpart over an expansive dinner that Beijing was "fearful" over Pelosi's visit.

"She had the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) scared to death on the eve of her visit," Ambassador Cheng Guoping was quoted as saying in the classified memo by US Ambassador Richard Hoagland.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101129/pl_afp/usdiplomacymilitaryinternetwikileakstibetrights

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rfranklin

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Tue Nov-30-10 11:00 AM
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1. Do we want a crybaby like Boehner dealing with China?

or do we want the fearsome Pelosi?

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47of74

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Tue Nov-30-10 11:04 AM
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2. He'd get bronzer all over the place.

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KansDem

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Tue Nov-30-10 11:17 AM
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3. Cripes!!! Saudis want attack on Iran--Republicans want attack on Iran

China afraid of Pelosi--Republicans afraid of Pelosi.

Any doubt now who the Republicans really represent? :grr:

Get rid of the Republicans and we get rid of Chinese and Saudi involvement in our government!

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happygoluckytoyou

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Tue Nov-30-10 12:00 PM
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5. China has 5 letters... Boner has 5 letters... wait Boehner has 7 letters... Chinese has 7 letters...

ok... it is all too confusing to me...

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demigoddess

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Tue Nov-30-10 03:20 PM
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6. you took the words right out of my mouth.

Why is it that republicans are afraid of an ineffectual woman?? That is what they call her. Must be more to the story.

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DBoon

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Tue Nov-30-10 11:28 AM
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4. Things like this make me very proud of Pelosi

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closeupready

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Tue Nov-30-10 03:53 PM
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7. LOL - hysterical. Reminds me of that old story about Pat Schroeder,

I think it was her - she went to the UN to talk about persecution of gay people, and some attendees objected to homosexuality, and she went, "Look! I have two gay men with me, and I'm not afraid to use them!"

Something like that...

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