OK.....I'm sure that pun hasn't been pile driven into the ground this week.
About a week after China's People's Liberation Army Air Force debuted their prototype stealth fighter while US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates just happened to be in Beijing, Chinese president Hu Jintao was the guest at what's being described as a 'quintessentially American' State Dinner at the White House.
On the menu was steak, Maine lobster, apple pie, ice cream and wine [altho' no word if it came from the winery owned by one of the gate-crashers from the last State Dinner- NANESB!]. While it's more traditional for cuisine from the guest nation at the state dinner to be served, the Chinese delegation apparently asked for American dishes to be prepared. Whether they actually wanted steak and lobster or were concerned that the cooks would make a hash of things serving up Cantonese or Mandarin dishes is a matter of ongoing speculation.
The dinner comes after reportedly candid talks between the two presidents over human rights, trade, currency and security issues. Hopefully the talks went better than the last couple of times Presidents Obama and Jintao had met.
Members of Congress also had a chance to question the Chinese president on a number of issues before departing for the Chicago.
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