Posted on 04/08/2017 11:30:55 AM PDT by libh8er
Chinese President Xi Jinping made a surprise visit to Alaska on Friday evening, catching a seafood dinner in Anchorage, meeting with Gov. Bill Walker, and taking in a sightseeing moment in Turnagain Arm before returning to the sky again in his Boeing 747 for the journey back to Beijing.
Xi's rest stop in Anchorage broke up his trip home following meetings with President Donald Trump at Trump's Mar-a-Lago country club in Florida and an earlier visit to Finland.
The Alaska stop underscored the significance of the Arctic to China's long-term economic interests. For the Alaskans, trade and one of the governor's pet causes — a liquefied natural gas export project aimed at Asian markets — was at the top of the agenda.
An Asian head of state stopping to refuel in Alaska on a return trip from the Lower 48 is not particularly remarkable. But Xi, celebrity first lady Peng Liyuan and more than a dozen officials took the unusual step of motorcading from Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport to spend several hours in Anchorage.
Hmmm. That chance encounter is most likely not an accident.
Walker is smart to introduce himself and the awareness of his
governed state of Wisconsin to the Chinese President.
If this was an arranged encounter, that may mean that Walker is getting along with the Trump Team, something I would like to see happen.
I do not expect such a meeting with the Ohio Governor, you know, Gov. John Kasich, son of a Mail Man.
Kasich remains firmly in the #NeverTrump Camp.
Maybe the Koch Bro.s have made certain promises to him.
“governed state of Wisconsin”
? ? ? Please explain - thank you.
I think you are thinking of the wrong Gov Walker
Bill Walker (American politician)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Walker_(American_politician)
Oops. You are correct.
Wishful thinking by me. I wish Scott Walker had not fallen apart so early in the campaign. I like how he stood up to the unions and still retained his dignity as a Governor. It just wasn’t his time for higher office.
Well, Scott Walker is the Governor of Wisconsin.
Perhaps I could have phrased it better.
“Walker is smart to introduce himself and the awareness of his
governed state of Wisconsin to the Chinese President.”
Wrong Walker.
Huh ???? Most certainly not a chance encounter.... and it is Alaska, not Wisconsin.... different Gov. Walker.
Got it - thanks
Is he looking to bring his big dredges up to the Aleutians and build another airbase? Is he gouging Trump a little to pay back for Trump’s Syrian message to him?
Johnnie Walker wears red and lives in a bottle.
TWB
Johnnie Walker wears red and lives in a bottle.
TWB
This was not a chance encounter. The meeting was requested a month ago by the Chinese President, who knew he would be passing through on his way home.
Anchorage, Wisconsin.....oh yeah!... I think I drove through there once :)
On a clear day, you can see China from Wisconsin.
Alaska - no one is asking why Alaska...
I think there is a reason.
Just scoping out the place before they invade. Fallout Universe?
What? Licking his commie chops?
Tundra. No fun to march through.
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