DUBYA GETS BEST CHINA.Byline: Mark Ellis Mark Ellis is the name of:
THE Great Wall of China has not changed much in the 30 years between the visits of US presidents George W Bush and Richard Nixon. The political landscape in the Asian super- power however is radically different. When Nixon made his historic bridge-building visit to China in 1972, the country was still gripped by the Cultural Revolution. The population wore drab Mao suits The Mao suit, also known as Chinese tunic suit or tunic suit, is the western name for the style of male attire known in China as the Zhongshan suit (Traditional Chinese: 中山裝 and clutched the thoughts of the chairman in his Little Red Book. The People's Republic People's Republic n. A political organization founded and controlled by a national Communist party. was still referred to as "Red China" and Nixon's trip left him open to critics who accused him of going soft on Communism. President Bush, however, found Beijing a cosmopolitan cos·mo·pol·i·tan adj. Growing or occurring in many parts of the world; widely distributed. n. A cosmopolitan organism. capital yesterday with people in Western clothes clutching mobile phones. In a key-note speech, he happily held up American values as a model for all societies. Then he had plenty of time for a stroll along the 3,000-mile long wall in Badaling, China, with First Lady Laura on the last day of a six-day trip to Asia. One other difference was that gaffe-prone Bush managed to get through his tour of the wall without putting his foot in it. When Nixon admired the historic piece of architecture which runs from the East China Sea to the Gobi Desert Gobi Desert Desert, Central Asia. One of the great desert and semidesert regions of the world, the Gobi stretches across Central Asia over large areas of Mongolia and China. with his wife Pat, he managed to bemuse be·muse tr.v. be·mused, be·mus·ing, be·mus·es 1. To cause to be bewildered; confuse. See Synonyms at daze. 2. To cause to be engrossed in thought. his hosts, including Chinese Premier Chou En Lai, by praising it as "a great wall". CAPTION(S): 2002 VISIT: Bush and Laura stroll along the Great Wall yesterday; 1972 A WALL APART: Nixon and wife Pat in China 30 years ago |
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