Posted on 04/07/2008 9:32:07 AM PDT by NativeNewYorker
BEIJING (CNN) -- U.S. President Bill Clinton opened his state visit Saturday at the edge of Tiananmen Square, the plaza that remains haunted by memories of China's bloody crackdown against pro-democracy demonstrators nine years ago.
In a ceremony heavy with symbolism, Clinton shook hands with President Jiang Zemin and other senior leaders of China's communist regime at a red-carpet welcoming ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People.
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Do the U.S. a favor and stay there!......
Is he thanking them for all the money they gave him?
Is he thanking them for all the money they gave him?
More than likely.....
"[Bill Clinton] and I debated whether we should attend a ceremony in Tiananmen Square, where Chinese authorities had used tanks to forcibly suppress prodemocracy demonstrations in June of 1989," Clinton wrote.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/articles/2003/09/25/clinton_outraged_at_memoir_changes/
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