So did anybody look like Andy Richter?
We are so danged insular that we only pay attention if Bush or Clinton meet with someone, and ignore when country B meets with country C. Let's rectify:
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Tuesday in Helsinki met with Finnish President Tarja Halonen on bilateral relations.
Finland was not only the first country in the Western world to establish diplomatic relations with China, but also the first Western nation to sign an inter-governmental trade agreement with China, Wen noted.
Finland also gave positive support to China in the efforts to restore China's lawful seat in the United Nations in early 1970s. All these showed the friendly feelings of the Finnish people towards the Chinese people, he said.
I think you can guess that this article wasn't written in Taipei.
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