It has been no secret that Hillary Clinton has been a ferociously dedicated Secretary of State,
visiting 95 countries and
keeping mum about both the 2012 elections and her prospects after 2013. But when a photo of her checking her BlackBerry (
still popular in DC!) while wearing Chanel-style sunglasses suddenly went viral, a
Tumblr was born.
posted by psoas
on Apr 5, 2012 -
166 comments
In her autobiography, "Living History," Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton recounts how China's imprisonment of a prominent human rights activist, Harry Wu, caused a sensation in the United States and nearly derailed her plans to attend a United Nations women's conference held in Beijing in 1995.
In the officially licensed Chinese edition of Mrs. Clinton's book, though, Mr. Wu makes just a cameo appearance. While named, he is otherwise identified only as a person who was "prosecuted for espionage and detained awaiting trial."
But nearly everything Mrs. Clinton had to say about China, including descriptions of her own visits here, former President Bill Clinton's meetings with Chinese leaders and her criticisms of Communist Party social controls and human rights policies, has been shortened or selectively excerpted to remove commentary deemed offensive by Beijing.
My question: is anybody other than Hillary really
suprised by this?
posted by RevGreg
on Sep 24, 2003 -
14 comments