Tarmac Altercation Erupts After Obama Lands In China: Official Shouts "This Is Our Country, Our Airport"
It all started with the actual landing: as AP reports, the first sign of trouble is that there was no staircase for Obama to exit the plane and descend on the red carpet.
However, the disagreements between Chinese and American officials did not just stay on the tarmac. At Westlake Statehouse, where the summit was being held, a group of White House staff arriving before Obama was stopped at a security checkpoint. A heated argument between Chinese officials and White House staff, protocol officers and Secret Service, who were trying to enter the building separately from the press, broke out at the security gate.
"The president is arriving here in an hour," a White House staffer was overheard saying in exasperation. A Chinese official assisting the U.S. officials became angered by how the guards were treating the White House staff as the disagreement escalated.
"You don't push people. No one gave you the right to touch or push anyone around," he yelled in Chinese at one of the Chinese security officials.
Another Chinese official trying to help White House staff stepped between the two men arguing, as the security official looked like he was going to throw a punch, according to the pool report. "Calm down, please. Calm down," a White House official said.
"Stop, please," said a foreign ministry official in Chinese. "There are reporters here."
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The hostility here is for a purpose and what it shows is that the Chinese are telling Puppet Obama and his string pullers that their days are numbered and unless they behave, they will be going down. At the very least, they are showing them they are not even worthy of the usual diplomatic respect. That speaks volumes.