听众信箱：白宫国宴题外话

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VOA Chinese, Jan 20, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110120-Mailbox-121-WHITE-HOUSE-STATE-DINNER-SIDEBAR-114321679.html

Quote:

"*中国贵宾不穿夜礼服*  国宴讲究礼数，包括服装礼仪。包括奥巴马总统在内的美方男士一律身穿黑色小夜礼服(无尾晚礼服，tuxedo)、白色小夜礼服衬衫，并系黑色领结，女士身着华贵的晚礼长裙(evening gown)。* * * 另一方面，'西服'虽在中国早已普及，但夜礼服显然仍未纳入'官仪。' 江泽民当年在白宫赴宴时穿上了中山装。胡锦涛和中国代表团的贵宾这次是穿西服打领带。

"参议院少数党领袖米奇.麦康奈尔两位共和党人和民主党籍的参议院多数党领袖哈里.里德虽然收到邀请，却都没有露面。麦康奈尔的夫人、布什政府时期的劳工部长赵小兰盛装出席了国宴。

"在白宫晚宴会场外，人们还可以看到政治立场截然对立的民众并肩而立。高举五星红旗的中国留学生和挥舞藏独、疆独等旗帜的抗议者在白宫附近的街道旁平和地混杂在一起，彼此遮风挡寒，大家不仅没有任何推搡，甚至连争吵的声音都没有。或许，这正是美国自由社会的一个缩影吧！

My comment:
(a) 工作晚宴  (private) working dinner
(b) Herbie Hancock
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbie_Hancock
(Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock; 1940-  ; As a member of Soka Gakkai, Hancock is an adherent of the Nichiren school of Mahayana Buddhism 大乘佛教)

(i) Sōka Gakkai
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%8Dka_Gakkai
(創価学会; Founded by educator Tsunesaburo MAKIGUCHI 牧口 常三郎 in 1930, the organization was suppressed during World War II for its opposition to government-supported State Shinto. He along with Josei Toda and other top Soka Gakkai leaders were arrested in 1943 and charged as "thought criminals")
(ii) Nichiren Buddhism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nichiren_Buddhism
(based on the teachings of the 13th century Japanese monk Nichiren 日蓮 (1222–1282)

(c) Regarding quotation 3.
(i) The blue flag is from Uighurs.

Uighuristan (Islamic Republic of East Turkestan) [China]
http://flagspot.net/flags/cn-islam.html
("The flag of the 'Republic of Uighuristan' was also said to be like the Turkish flag, with a blue background instead of red")

Compare with flag of
Turkey
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey
(ii) Supporters of Pres. Hu and those of Tibet and Xinjinag did not always co-mingle. See the second photo in
胡锦涛对美中商界发表政策演说
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110120-US-CHINA-BUSINESS-114307789.html
(photo caption: 场外支持者与抗议者隔街对峙)


------------------------------------Separately
(1) 中国官媒避谈胡锦涛人权问题答问. VOA Chinese, Jan 21, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110121_Hu_response-114353804.html

(2) 胡锦涛访美重申核心利益. VOA Chinese, Jan 21, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110121_Hu_Visiting_USA-114354189.html

(3) 美议员在国会同胡锦涛谈到多项议题. VOA Chinese, Jan 20, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110120-Hu-met-with-Congressional-leaders-114313054.html

Quote:

"胡锦涛与参众两院领导人会面都是不公开的，只在会谈之前双方让媒体拍照，不允许提问；就记者在参议院所见，双方没有发表任何讲话，连寒喧的话都没有

"参加会晤的众议院外交委员会主席、共和党人罗斯雷提南(Rep. Ileana Ros-lehtinen) * * * 说她有机会亲自向胡锦涛提出释放刘晓波等持不同政见者，结束压制地下教会，以及强制堕胎等政策。罗斯雷提南议员说：“'我提出的所有问题中，胡锦涛只对强制堕胎做出了回应；令我震惊的是他说不存在这样的政策'

(4) 俄执政党呼吁下葬列宁. VOA Chinese, Jan 21, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110121_Burying_Lenin-114357724.html

(5) 童倩, 日本把握不定与中美外交的距离. BBC Chinese, Jan 21, 2011.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2011/01/110121_chinajapan_bytongqian.shtml

Quote:

"中国环球网周二刊登一篇“反华急先锋受重用 中日关系受新考验”的文章，指出中国外交界忧虑菅直人内阁新官房长官枝野幸男如与“鹰派”外相前原诚司组成枝野-前原外交连线，可能令中日关系'雪上加霜'

"对此，[日本《外交》月刊编辑委员] 铃木美胜承认菅直人不懂也无心致力外交时，枝野-前原正组成外交连线。但他认为，枝野和前原这些在战后民主体制下成长的政客，感情上虽亲美、与中国政治有隔阂感，但也务实地追求政绩.

(6) 日本当局决定不起诉詹其雄. BBC Chinese, Jan 20, 2011.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2011/01/110121_japan_china_decision.shtml
("而承认泄露渔船与巡逻艇擦撞录像的前海上保安厅官员一色正春也获得免予起诉处分")

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