Another article that makes it sound as if the Chinese are these childlike noble savages who look to the “Big Black Bro” as a beacon of brilliance and savvy. As if they, if not for his speeches, would never learn English. I can only imagine that they mock him behind his back. As for him being similar to Mao, well, Mao was a brainless bureaucrat who wrecked the country with his exercising his mindless academic theories on the population and ‘great leap forward.’
All in all, they’ll turn out, cheer, openly smile at him, but I believe that the smiles will turn to sneers behind his back and the cheering will be done because the state requires a good turnout for a head of state, even if he (head of state) is a brainless dolt. All this ‘hype’ is the sort of thing done by every country that wants to make a good impression for the sake of diplomacy. It usually means nothing and will die out the minute Zero leaves.
After the Chinese leadership have conned him into signing some mindless treaty that either neuters the military from interfering with ‘internal affiars’ (like Tibet which is considered a part of China to the Chinese) and will effectively gain them some sort of trade advantage. They’ll stroke his ego with the possiblity of being publicly hyped as a ‘historic peacemaker who helped bring America and China together’ and he’ll do whatever they say in order to get it (the hype).
The stupidest president going to one of the cleverest countries with the most skillfully deceitful politicians on the planet. I wonder if he is going to suggest that Chinese student interns help out in the office and literally live in the White House.
How many times can he win the Nobel Peace Price before he has to retire undefeated?