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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i-never-get-the-cool-invites dept.

theodp writes to mention a C|Net article about Chinese President Hu Jintao's historic first visit to the U.S.. The catch is that his first dinner won't be at the White House. It will be at Bill Gates' manse. From the article: "The approximately 100-person guest list is a who's who of the U.S. Pacific Northwest power elite, including Starbucks Chairman Howard Schultz and Washington state Gov. Christine Gregoire, said event organizers. The guests will undergo strict security checks before entering Gates' lodge-style, 66,000-square-foot home overlooking Lake Washington with a reported seven bedrooms, six kitchens, 24 bathrooms, a domed library, a reception hall and an artificial estuary stocked with salmon and trout. Gates and Gregoire are expected to introduce and welcome Hu, who will then offer a toast in front of the gathering."

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  1. friendlier to who? by twitter · · Score: 0, Troll
    Socialism is being redefined as something roughly along the lines of Nordic-style welfare capitalism.

    I'm told that countries like Sweden still have pensions that pay out but that China has "reformed" theirs. $400,000,000 for Windoze ... big dumb US companies do the same thing. Hmmm.

    I believe the Party will continue on its path of liberalization as a younger, more cosmopolitan generation of Oxford- and Columbia-educated Chinese accedes to power. Who needs revolution, after all, when you can build democracy from within?

    I hope "liberalization" happens. Internet censorship and stories about political dissidents being murdered for sale of their organs make me think actual discourse is dangerous at best. Without a free press there is no telling what's actually happening, except that someone does not want the story told.

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    Friends don't help friends install M$ junk.

  2. crazy, eh? by twitter · · Score: 0, Troll
    The actual DALAI LAMA might not think I'm so crazy.

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    Friends don't help friends install M$ junk.

  3. And just you try to live without them by Ogemaniac · · Score: 0, Troll

    Better unplug your computer for a start. If less than five hundred corporations are responsible for the production, delivery, and requisite supplies for your little toy, I would be incredibly surprised.

    Let's go back to the stone age!