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Again about the red carpet: fantasy and reality

Ещё раз про красную дорожку: фантазии и реальность

American leader in the Chinese airport has not submitted a gangway to the plane and not have rolled out the red carpet. As a result, he was forced to use emergency exit.
The President of Russia Vladimir Putin with the leader of China XI Jinping led the convoy of world leaders at the entrance to the meeting room officially opened the G20 summit.

Patriotic public since the G20 summit is not out of absolute delight. No, not because its leader failed to offer the world community breakthrough solutions for the protection of the planet’s atmosphere from over-saturation with carbon dioxide, or universal ways of providing Online remote regions of Africa (such “trifles” let Zuckerberg is engaged).

Excitement and gossip was the fact that the hated American President in China have not submitted to the aircraft gangway, covered with a red carpet, and Barack Obama, not bothered by the conventions of etiquette, undignified ran down the ladder without handrails and ready to pick up his hands. The prosaic explanation for this fact is the ignorance of the Chinese laborer of English and the refusal of the US secret service allowed to Board the No. 1 person who has not undergone proper instruction, did not fit into the cherished patriots legend about the accelerated pace of the growing influence of Russia in international politics.

What insights from this event has not been made: and about the decline of the era of a unipolar world, and the mythical idea of “Association for the defence of the sovereignty of China and Russia, and the extraordinary demand for the Russian President, the leaders-20. Still, the ice cream cartons on the international forum no one bring not guessed. Here and pulled diplomats “for dessert.” Again, suddenly with a cold dessert all you hear is almost free of the Siberian gas pipeline construction at the expense of the supplier or a piece of the Kuril Islands?

Failed alert Chinese spices, followed by guardians of the Russian-Chinese friendship to understand that the US President is not ready to hide from the omnipresent journalists accidental oversights and misunderstandings. The first decided that the American journalists it was wrong to remove its President without the red carpet, and tried to educated the rights of the owner pobolney to stab a guest: “This is our country! This is our airport!”.Ещё раз про красную дорожку: фантазии и реальностьSecond for the negligence of ordinary Chinese guards saw tectonic shifts priorities and spheres of influence. Obama also graciously joked that the secret services are not every country able to remember the American delegation in full: with its large number of aircraft, helicopters, cars and a lot of people.

Because sulking, cheeks from narcissism about suddenly arose close Alliance with the former “younger brother” of Russian commentators managed “not to notice” that the U.S. is the largest trading partner of China. And the risk 550 billions of dollars of annual turnover with the United States against 68 billion turnover with Russia is no head of China does not allow it. Most likely they will listen to the words of the outgoing us President that “the growing power means growing responsibility.” But Russia… Russia has so much land available and important natural resources… And she is in urgent need of Chinese friendship. And Chinese money.

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