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A human rights protestor, described as a Western-looking man with dark hair and in his early twenties, has been detained by UK police after he threw his shoe at Prime Minister Wen Jiabao while he was delivering a speech at Cambridge University. According to The Times, the young man blew a whistle as Premier Wen was about to wrap up his speech, shouting:
“How can the university prostitute itself with this dictator? How can you listen to these lies?”As he was being hauled out of the crowded auditorium by university security staff, he yelled to the audience:
“Stand up and protest, you're not challenging him.”[Editor's note: AFP, AP and CNN offer slightly varying quotes of what the protestor said]
Audience members, many of whom appear to be Chinese as far as we can tell from this video uploaded by one of them, retorted "Shame on you! Shame on you!" As the excitement subsided, a very calm and collected Premier Wen said to loud applause before continuing with his speech:
"老师们，同学们，这种卑鄙的伎俩阻挡不了中英两国人民的友谊。"
"This despicable behaviour cannot stand in the way of friendship between China and the UK,"
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Shoe throwing, how unoriginal.
Well done Premier Wen!
A bag of feces would have been more appropriate. Down with China!
definitely you'd not miss the target. with one shoe thrown, you still have three left ready.
Hi lamb shaslik, too bad your limey friend was such a poor thrower. If it was a bag of feces, it would land on his own pathetic face. LOL! He sure throws like a weak armed pussy! I'd say if the Iraqi had a bag of feces, he'd turn Bushie into a sh1thead in a spectacular manner. Down with neocons! LMAO!
I can see it now, new Nike Air Diplomats with special hand grips for easy throwing.
"Shame on you"? lol
I hope it was the sole unenjoyable moment for Grandpa Wen's stay in London
Man, that guy's such a heel!
I think this protestor should be given the maximum penalty, not because he threw the shew but because he was so unoriginal with his form of protest. As for Hu, his response had nothing on the good-natured grin of Bush. Hu is such a boring target.
Whoops. I mean Wen, not Hu.
hu please, good-natured taihanasie!
i guess the man just called wen the same boring way as you.
meanwhile i think he would've sure hit the 'hu's face with his shoe, if he'd tossed only few more granades in basra.
Is this the official party line? I know you wouldn't dare veer off course.
you are too dense to know what the official party line is, son.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/04/world/asia/04briefs-SHOEHURLINGA_BRF.html?ref=world
Eastman, no one ever has any fucking idea what you're talking about.
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Are you a real person, or just a creation of nanhe to make him seem more reasonable?
Wen Jiabao goes to Camebridge to hold a speech and then the place is full of Chinese people, how absurd!
To Bumix
It is not absurd, half of whom other than the Chinese students I see at the forum were white skin professors, interlectuals, foreign students, except an ignorant scumbag who stood up to protest. He probably get paid to do that. This shameful act would never happen in China because the Chinese treat their guest with respect even they didn't like him/her.
To Larboard:
"This shameful act would never happen in China because the Chinese treat their guest with respect even they didn't like him/her."
Never?
A better point would be ,in China, that these type of people would not even get near the site of said speech location. Local police would have quarantined the site off like a small pox break out and only certain people let in.
China is failing:
w.iht.com/articles/2009/02/02/business/yuan.3-421355.php
*** NEWS ***
- Hu calls for PLA loyalty as fears grow of trouble ahead
President Hu Jintao told leaders of the People's Liberation Army to "strengthen military discipline" and make sure the army stays absolutely loyal to the Communist Party as China enters a year of harsh economic reality and sensitive anniversaries.
http://breakingnews.scmp.com/NLet/CMSNLet.asp?Dest=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Escmp%2Ecom%2Fportal%2Fsite%2FSCMP%2Fmenuitem%2E2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0%2F%3Fvgnextoid%3D974bf25ecb23f110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD%26ss%3DChina%26s%3DNews&PF=Y&NT=china
- Far fewer migrants than expected arrive in Guangdong
Most migrant workers heading to Guangdong after the week-long Lunar New Year holiday are returning to existing jobs and just 2 per cent are looking for work, Xinhua reports.
http://breakingnews.scmp.com/NLet/CMSNLet.asp?Dest=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Escmp%2Ecom%2Fportal%2Fsite%2FSCMP%2Fmenuitem%2E2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0%2F%3Fvgnextoid%3Deadaf25ecb23f110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD%26ss%3DChina%26s%3DNews&PF=Y&NT=china
*** COLUMNS ***
- China Briefing: Beijing plays with online fire
For the mainland's tens of millions of netizens, the hottest topic lately has been the central government's high-profile internet crackdown on so-called low-class content.
http://breakingnews.scmp.com/NLet/CMSNLet.asp?Dest=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Escmp%2Ecom%2Fportal%2Fsite%2FSCMP%2Fmenuitem%2E2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0%2F%3Fvgnextoid%3D592bf25ecb23f110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD%26ss%3DChina%26s%3DNews&PF=Y&NT=china
- Frank Ching: Unfamiliar territory
http://breakingnews.scmp.com/NLet/CMSNLet.asp?Dest=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Escmp%2Ecom%2Fportal%2Fsite%2FSCMP%2Fmenuitem%2E2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0%2F%3Fvgnextoid%3D6746dab77f71f110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD%26ss%3DChina%26s%3DNews&PF=Y&NT=china
*** BUSINESS ***
- Wen warns lenders against bad debt growth
Mainland banks should be watchful of running up further bad debts while boosting loans to help stimulate the economy, Premier Wen Jiabao told bank employees in London over the weekend.
http://breakingnews.scmp.com/NLet/CMSNLet.asp?Dest=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Escmp%2Ecom%2Fportal%2Fsite%2FSCMP%2Fmenuitem%2E2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0%2F%3Fvgnextoid%3D1606a0cf2123f110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD%26ss%3DCompanies%26s%3DBusiness&PF=&NT=china
you are too dumb to realize china's economy was the first to fall and will be first to rebound. not to mention enviable 9% gdp in 2008, ISM published on monday show a rise to 35 from 32 at bottom in December and stock market gained a 25% since then. in 1-2 year, china will, to your frustration, re-emerge as leading economic power, while you will still worry of your debt in your broken car on your old highway across rotten bridges or in dark nyc subway that only reminds me of coal mine.
Georgie and Jiabao?!
HAHA!
The limey shoe thrower is a bloody shame. What a poor imitation of the Iraqi show thrower. He missed by so far. LOL! Yup, these hippie nuts are quite something.
Something to consider...is it possible the man disagreed with Wen's statement that only 8 million jobs had been lost in China, since Chen Xiwen had said a day earlier that the figure was 20 million?
That's a big difference; if the man has connections with China--worked there, has a Chinese wife, whatever--he might have been outraged at Wen painting a rosy picture. Economic issues are pretty fraught with emotion, after all.
Something to consider...is it possible the man disagreed with Wen's statement that only 8 million jobs had been lost in China, since Chen Xiwen had said a day earlier that the figure was 20 million?
That's a big difference; if the man has connections with China--worked there, has a Chinese wife, whatever--he might have been outraged at Wen painting a rosy picture. Economic issues are pretty fraught with emotion, after all.
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