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Look Who’s upstaging Obama in China!

By Judi McLeod
Monday, November 16, 2009



Laid back and unassuming—typically Canadian—Canada’s Prime Minister does not project rock star status. But quiet, likable, get-the-job done Stephen Harper is trumping Obamamania in China.

Modest in entourage, Harper unlike President Barack Obama, didn’t depart the Beijing airport in a 71-car motorcade (including Chinese greeting vehicles). Ed Henry, CNN.

Harper proves that a business head and a business agenda trump charisma.

With the mainstream America media in fawn mode over Obama’s first trip to the Orient, the China Daily carried an above-the-fold, huge front page picture of Prime Minister Harper today, relegating Obama’s pic miniature fashion well below the fold.

“Monday is Obama-Day in China. Obamamania and all that is supposed to be taking hold in China since the U.S. president’s arrival in Shanghai Sunday night.â€