Quote Originally Posted by Louis VI the Fat View Post
Very interesting, thanks for that.

American soft power at work then? Although an essential component seems to be that the ambassador is a Chinese-American, instead of 'any other kind of' American.



Louis - why won't they just make me ambassador instead? Oh, and someplace warm and sunny please.
There is much interest, in that his ancestors migrated from China years ago like millions of others, including some of my ancestors.

But it's more than that. When President Obama got out of the plane in China holding his own umbrella there was similar interest, as there was when VP Biden ate at a small local restaurant recently. It's quite unthinkable that one of the senior CCP guys would do something normal like hold his own umbrella. The head/mayors of small towns in China reportedly have umbrella carrying lackeys!