Coincidiendo con la visita oficial de cuatro días a EEUU del Presidente chino Hu Jintao, el Wall Street Journal publica esta mañana un perfil muy favorable de Jon Huntsman. El Embajador estará hoy en la Casa Blanca para participar en las reuniones bilaterales y en la cena de estado en honor a Jintao.
When Diplomacy Means Abandoning the Rule Book
Summoned for a diplomatic dressing down last year, Jon Huntsman Jr., the American ambassador to Beijing, hopped on his sturdy "Forever" brand Chinese bicycle and pedaled off to the Foreign Ministry.
Flustered guards there, expecting the U.S. representative to sweep up in an armored Cadillac made him park by a side gate and walk in.
The unceremonious arrival—at once suggesting humility and defiance—was typical of Mr. Huntsman, a Mandarin-speaking former Mormon missionary and the son of a billionaire who has set himself the ambitious goal of "humanizing" the world's most important bilateral relationship.
Since taking over one of America's top ambassadorial posts in 2009, the former Utah governor and possible Republican presidential candidate has made a habit of challenging diplomatic protocol to both charm and unsettle his hosts.
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