President Bush to visit China-November

[IChing]

ISN SECURITY WATCH (Monday, 17 October: 20:35 CET) - US President George Bush will visit China in November after he attends the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in South Korea, the White House said Monday.

Before the 18-19 November APEC summit, Bush will visit Japan and meet with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on 16 November. He is scheduled to visit Beijing on 19 November and Mongolia two days later.

The APEC summit will focus on trade and security issues.
"The president will continue his dialogue with APEC leaders on ways to promote free trade and economic growth, and deepen regional security cooperation," White House spokesman Scott McClellan said in a statement.

http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?ID=13177

[Theres-a]

1. What about the dreaded "Bird flu"?

[IntravenousDemilo]

10. Breathe deep, George. n/m

[Jack from Charlotte]

24. I thought when you're charged with a felony you have to.........

turn in your passport. Maybe The AWOL/moron is going to China Grove, North Carolina, instead.

[proReality]

2. I hope he doesn't barf in anyone's lap. n/t

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

3. Following in Richard M. Nixon's footsteps: Scandals, poll #'s, China...

Resignation?!?!?!? :evilgrin:

[Solly Mack]

34. LOL! Exactly my thoughts

[susanna]

35. LOL...

My thoughts: in the steps of Nixon. Of course, in my mind, * is worse. (And yes, I was around for Nixon. Though I was but a young child.)

[dave29]

4. How Nixonian

n/t

[Caution]

5. Deja Vu!

Is it 1972 all over again?

[displacedtexan]

6. Gettin' the hell out of Dodge, is he?

Coward!

[yy4me]

7. If I were ****, I wouldn't plan too far in advance, there may be

a few changes to the list of attendees from the staff. Perhaps it would be better just to stay home and save a million or so gallons of jet fuel. Seeing the sum total of the **** contribution would be a whopping zero...., why waste time, space and money?

[Tight_rope]

8. I hope he not going there to borrow anymore money!...n/t

[Barrett808]

9. That'll be embarrassing. n/t

[populistdriven]

11. Only Nixon could go to China, Bush will end up at GITMO

[louis-t]

12. Maybe he'll threaten them

and they'll just keep him for a while.

[WI_DEM]

13. As Barry Goldwater once said of Nixon when he went to China,

"They can keep him."

[Raine]

14. Chimps's down in the crapper

only a trip to China can save him, or so he 'thinks'...hopefully nothing can save him.

[NV Whino]

15. Oh, wow! Can we outsource him to China?

[clydefrand]

16. Just read on MSNBC that rummy is going there, too. Are they

going together. May they meet some nice birds of a feather there.

[Felix Mala]

17. How much will they take to keep him?

[Demeter]

23. Extraordinary Rendition, Indeed!

Just having to be away from the comforts of home would be torture for the Shrub. Especially if it were indefinitely!

[Buns_of_Fire]

26. For the last couple of years, I've made the offer

to every country that he's graced by his heavenly presence -- $38.72 in cold, hard US dollaroonies -- if they'll just keep his sorry ass. No takers. (No surprise, either!)

So I think a different approach is warranted -- I figure once he's past the 12-mile limit, we'll just close the borders and refuse to let him back IN. To sweeten the pot, I'll happily give that same $38.72 to the first official who closes the borders after WhistleAss is safely out of the country.

Think about it, DHS. $38.72 doesn't grow on trees, y'know...

[DesertRat]

18. Hope he eats the sweet and sour chicken. n/t

[CHIMO]

19. Another Strategic Partnership?

Oil thirst from China adds fuel to trade tussle

BEIJING -- China's investment appetite for the Alberta oil sands has climbed so strongly that it could be importing 400,000 barrels of oil a day from Canada within the next seven years, Natural Resources Minister John McCallum says.

In his meetings in Beijing yesterday, Mr. McCallum called for quick implementation of the Canada-China "strategic partnership" that was announced last month by Prime Minister Paul Martin and Chinese President Hu Jintao.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20051014/CHINA14/TPNational/Canada

[glitch]

20. Real estate shopping on the side, no doubt. nt

[TheCowsCameHome]

21. Looking for some retirement real estae, Chimpy?

[madrchsod]

22. the walton family has

appointed him their ambassador to china. if he screws up they will find another stooge in 2008

[elehhhhna]

25. Will he take a slow boat? Hope he leaves today. Don't forget the

lucky-live-welcome chicken in his hotel room.

[IChing]

27. He will have to talk to real reporters on his trip so watch out bushie boy

he can't hide

[cassiepriam]

28. How much money do we owe China?

Wonder if that subject will come up in their talks?

[punpirate]

29. Wonder how long he'll last this time...

... when his father was Nixon's envoy to China, he visited briefly, and after four days, the Chinese sort of took Poppy aside and told him to put Junior on a plane for home.

[MasonJar]

30. This is the provincial idiot that never left the country until someone

else started paying for it...any estimates on cost of this jaunt?

[dflprincess]

31. Do we have an extradition treaty with China?

Just wondering.

[cliss]

32. He's going over there

to beg. Japan is our biggest creditor. China is #2. Without them extending us credit, there is no money to pay for the war in Iraq or Afghanistan.

They could threaten to call their loans, and then we'd be up Shit Creek. Of course, this is a House of Cards which includes them. If we topple, so do they. So we need each other, in a sick & twisted way. At some point, though, the house will start to tip over whether they want to or not.

I'm sure Bush is going over there to beg and grovel. Let's keep an eye on the commentary that comes out of these meetings, and we'll get some clues about what's happening behind closed doors.

[Art_from_Ark]

33. Maybe he's going to beg Japan not to cash in its Treasuries

Japan was buying a trunkload of them at fire sale prices (102-105 yen/dollar) a while back and now that the dollar has appreciated about 10% against the yen since then, (yen is now at 115/dollar) is Japan thinking of cashing in?