Q Was there any areas in which China sort of turned the tables and raised its own complaints or concerns about U.S. practices around the globe or at home? Can you give some examples there -
MR. POSNER: Sure. You know, I think, again, this goes back to Ambassador Huntsman’s comment. Part of a mature relationship is, do you have an open discussion where you not only raise the other guy’s problems but you raise your own and you have a discussion about it? We did plenty of that.
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*We had experts from the U.S. side, for example, yesterday talking about treatment of Muslim Americans in an immigration context. We had discussion of **racial discrimination. We had a back-and-forth about how each of our societies are dealing with those sorts of questions. ***
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MR. POSNER: I’m not going to get into the details.
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We’ve expressed in the past, you know, our concern about the nature of the detention. And we certainly continue to be concerned about the fact that he’s in prison.
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Q Did the recently passed Arizona immigration law come up? And if so, did they bring it up? Or did you bring it up?
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MR. POSNER: We brought it up early and often. It was mentioned in the first session and as a troubling trend in our society, and an indication that we have to deal with issues of discrimination or potential discrimination. And these are issues very much being debated in our own society.
Q Did they – did they discuss anything about their concerns about Chinese visiting in Arizona? Any concerns raised?
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MR. POSNER: No, that was not raised.
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How does this person even have a job in the administration…oh wait.
Im sure this was a knee slapper to all of the families in China who have lost relatives to political prisons. I mean our laws/ human rights records almost mirror each other so why not make a comparison