CAMBRIDGE, England: A young protester hurled a shoe at Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao
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this university has to strengthen education for all-around development.
A protester threw a shoe at Wen Jiabao, Premier of the People's Republic of China, during his speech at Cambridge University. This probably has something to do with Tibet.
Feb
3
It seems Former President Bush is not the only one having shoes thrown at him. A protestor threw a shoe at Chinese premier Wen Jiabao as delivered a speech at Cambridge University today. It seems throwing shoes is the new protestor thing to do. One has to wonder, will they start taking off the audience's shoes before entering a speech?
The shoe landed on the stage about a metre from Wen, who was speaking on the global economy. The protester, who was held by university security guards, shouted: "How can the university prostrate itself with this dictator?"
As the protester was bundled out, he shouted to audience members: "Stand up and protest," to which some of the spectators - most of whom appeared to be Chinese students - retorted: "Shame on you, shame on you."
After the interruption, Wen reproached the demonstrator.
"This despicable behaviour cannot stand in the way of friendship between China and the UK," he said, receiving a round of applause from the audience.
Guess this time round, no ones really care about the size of the shoe.
The shoe landed on the stage about a metre from Wen, who was speaking on the global economy. The protester, who was held by university security guards, shouted: "How can the university prostrate itself with this dictator?"
As the protester was bundled out, he shouted to audience members: "Stand up and protest," to which some of the spectators - most of whom appeared to be Chinese students - retorted: "Shame on you, shame on you."
After the interruption, Wen reproached the demonstrator.
"This despicable behaviour cannot stand in the way of friendship between China and the UK," he said, receiving a round of applause from the audience.
Guess this time round, no ones really care about the size of the shoe.
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A pro-Tibet protester winged a shoe at China's Prime Minister today: A Cambridge University protester chucked a shoe at China's Prime Minister Wen Jiabao. FOX News reported: A protester threw a shoe at China's Prime Minister Wen Jiabao during his speech at Cambridge University, police said Monday. The protester seated near the back of the auditorium stood up during Wen's speech and shouted: "How can you listen to this unchallenged?" before throwing the shoe that landed some distance from the premier. Wen was unhurt and police arrested the man. "One man has been arrested on suspicion of a public order offense after a shoe was thrown in the direction of the premier, and he is being taken to a Cambridgeshire police station for questioning," said police spokeswoman Shelly Spratt.
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"This despicable behaviour cannot stand in the way of friendship between China and the UK," he said, receiving a round of applause from the audience.
And after the applause, he said, in very foeceful and emotional tone" The progress of mankind, and the harmony in this world, is the only direction to which the trends of history go. By saying this, out of his heart, he presented the world not an image of a dictator, but one of postcolonial spirit, one representing a nation once been invaded and half colonized, humiliated and demonized by the western modernization.(he was actually saying the prgress of China, and the harmony she can expect only htrough her own progress ) And interestingly and ironically, the shoe-thrower, intending to represent human rights and values, now is turned into a sign of "dictator", western dictator facing the lossing of his power.