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| Chinese Pianist Plays Famous Anti-American Tune at White House |
| 2011-01-23 |
| Lang Lang the pianist says he chose it. Chairman Hu Jintao recognized it as soon as he heard it. Patriotic Chinese Internet users were delighted as soon as they saw the videos online. Early morning TV viewers in China knew it would be played an hour or two beforehand. At the White House State dinner on Jan. 19, about six minutes into his set, Lang Lang began tapping out a famous anti-American propaganda melody from the Korean War: the theme song to the movie "Battle on Shangganling Mountain." |
| Posted by:Beavis |
| #6 Oh, nice: If, in retrospect, “My Motherland” might seem to be a regrettable choice for a state dinner, it clearly was unintentional. The New York Times, covering for tyrants since 1931. |
| Posted by: gromky 2011-01-23 22:16 |
| #5 Yup, a slap in the face. Insulting ignorant barbarians to their face without them even knowing they're being insulted. Very Chinese, excellent job. A cheap victory, but a victory nonetheless. Gives confidence that further victories may yet be won. |
| Posted by: gromky 2011-01-23 22:10 |
| #4 The slight was intentional and intended for domestic Chinese audiences, allowing them to show their national pride and dominance by insulting the Americans in our very leaders house. To do that is a very arrogant statement.... and shows utterly no fear of consequence. |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2011-01-23 20:34 |
| #3 "it's a song about General Tso's Chicken - you'll love it" "can you get more veggie's into the tune? M'chelle would like that" "Of course, sir. I'm sure you'll like it" "Good time to step out for a smoke, I'm sure" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2011-01-23 17:27 |
| #2 It seems there is a competition between the world's tyrants to see who can humiliate the lightweight Obama administration in the most outrageous way. And as long as it doesn't hurt his domestic poll ratings (after all, it's not like the MSM will report it), Obama doesn't care. |
| Posted by: ryuge 2011-01-23 16:56 |
| #1 Thanks for the warning, Lang Lang. We can only wait and hope that Obean figures it out. |
| Posted by: gorb 2011-01-23 16:27 |