The 'Kerfufle' of President Obama's Arrival in Hangzhou Airport

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(1) US-China Diplomacy: Spy Agency Tweet Adds to Protocol Spat. BBC, Sept 4, 2016.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-37269719
("A sarcastic tweet aimed at China and posted on the US Defense Intelligence Agency's Twitter account has fuelled a row over protocol at the G20 summit.  The tweet, which was quickly deleted, read: 'Classy as always China' ")

Note: As of 3 pm, EST, Sunday, Sept 4, 2016, BBC has not translated this English-language report into Chinese.

(2) Zhou Xin and Nectar Gan, G20 'Staircase Snub' for Obama was United States' Decision, Reveals Chinese Official; [China's] Foreign ministry official says Washington turned down Beijing’s proposal to provide rolling red-carpet stairway for US leader when he arrived at Hangzhou airport for G20 summit. South China Morning Post, Sept 4, 2016.
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/d ... es-decision-reveals

Note: Only the first seven paragraphs pertain to Obama's arrival at Hangzhou.

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(3) What does "rolling red-carpet stairway" look like?  See

Tom Phillips, Barack Obama 'Deliberately Snubbed' by Chinese in Chaotic Arrival at G20; The US president was denied the usual red carpet welcome and forced to 'go out of the ass' of Air Force One, observers say. Sunday Guardian, Sept 4, 2016.
https://www.theguardian.com/worl ... otic-arrival-at-g20

Quote:

"Susan Rice, the US national security adviser, admitted she had been surprised by the handling of the president's arrival. 'They did things that weren't anticipated,' she told reporters.  The New York Times said Rice had appeared 'baffled and annoyed' that the president had been forced to leave Air Force One through a door normally reserved for high-security trips to places such as Afghanistan.

photo caption: "British prime minister Theresa May and chancellor Philip Hammond are given the full red carpet treatment on arrival in Hangzhou on Sunday. Photograph: Xinhua/Barcroft Images

Note:
(a) "It sure looks like a straight-up snub"

straight up (adv): "informal chiefly North American  unmixed; unadulterated <a dry Martini served straight up>"
straight-up (adj): "North American informal  Truly so called; genuine  <a straight-up suspense tale>"
http://www.oxforddictionaries.co ... english/straight-up

(b) "It could clearly just be a cock-up but it would be a stunningly large cock-up given how well these people plan for all these events"
(i) cock-up (n)
"simple definition: a situation that is complicated, unpleasant, or difficult to deal with because of someone's mistake"
"full definition: British: MESS [definition] 3b"
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cock-up
(ii) cock-up (n): "British informal  something done badly or inefficiently  <we've made a total cock-up of it>
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/cock-up

(c) "The US president offered a diplomatic reply when asked to comment on the airport 'kerfuffle' on Sunday during a joint press conference with Theresa May."

kerfuffle (n; Did You Know?): "chiefly British  DISTURBANCE, FUSS"
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kerfuffle

(d) "Both [Sinocism newsletter's owner Bill] Bishop and [former Mexican ambassador to Beijing Jorge] Guajardo said the reported confrontations between Chinese and US officials and journalists following Obama's arrival in Hangzhou were par for the course in China. 'That is just typical China. I remember when my president came, one of the Mexican press corps came out of it with stitches [ie, wounded],' Guajardo recalled."

par for the course: "normal or typical : not unusual or unexpected"

It comes for the use, definition of "par" in golf course.

(e)
(i) The Guardian report carries a video clip that shows where Obama exited the plane.
(ii) This article shows two exits on Air Force One (both in the front, not the back, of the plane).

Does Air Force One (VC-25) have retractable staircases on all its exit doors?  Aviation Stackexchange. "1 year ago."
http://aviation.stackexchange.co ... -all-its-exit-doors