Subject: txt intl 2010 china -
After promising to meet with Obama at 7:00 p.m., Premier Wen stood him up in favor of a meeting with the leaders of India, South Africa, and Brazil. Rather than wait, a no-doubt infuriated Obama stalked into the room in question and demanded,
"Are you ready to see me, Premier Wen?" [snip]
There are a number of reasons why the Chinese might take a cavalier attitude toward an American leader. ... there's the deep aura of unseriousness that Obama has generated around himself. Though essentially incalculable, this factor is undeniable and will grow in importance and impact as time passes.
But there's one event in particular that very likely played a part -- the fact that only a few weeks before, Obama publicly and notoriously bowed to the emperor of Japan...
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