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Newsflash: Foreign affairs spokesman Liu Jianchao has a sense of humour

Scene at yesterday's press conference at the Foreign Ministry according to Reuters [h/t to Imagethief]:[Foreign Ministry spokesman] Liu Jianchao was asked what he thought of Sunday's incident, when the television journalist also called the American leader... ...full story at Shanghaiist

from Shanghaiist on Thu, Dec 18 2008

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