This should worry people on both sides of the Pacific:

(via Danwei)

Stephen Hadley is the National Security Adviser to President George W. Bush. He was Condoleeza Rice’s number two in Bush’s first term, before Rice moved to State.

Think what you want about China’s policy out west, where dissidents have clashed with police over religious freedom and national identity, where history can be confusing and complicated and politics even more so.

Just make sure you know what country you’re thinking about.

Hadley said two days later he favors “quiet diplomacy” with China. The Australian quotes him saying:

“If other countries are concerned about Tibet, they ought to do what we are doing through quiet diplomacy - send the message clearly to the Chinese that this is an opportunity with the whole world watching, to show they take into account and are determined to treat their citizens with dignity and respect. They would put pressure on the authorities quietly to meet with representatives of the Dalai Lama and use this as an opportunity to help resolve that situation.”

One has to wonder, just how quiet is this diplomacy?

George Stephanopoulos did western media no favors, either. Maybe he knows where Nepal is, but he didn’t show any sign of it, any more than Hadley.

People are already asking whether Western media gets China. I’m starting to wonder, does anybody know what’s going on? Anybody? Bueller?

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