Falun Gong Protestor Overshadows President Hu’s White House Visit

April 21, 2006

Source: The Guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1758262,00.html

On April 21, 2006 The Guardian reported, "On a day overshadowed by protests at Beijing's human rights record, President George Bush and China's leader, Hu Jintao, made little headway yesterday in resolving issues of trade, or easing global tensions over North Korea and Iran's nuclear ambitions. Yesterday was meant to provide the Chinese leader with a day of pomp and ceremony: a 21-gun salute and an honour guard at the White House, obscuring the fact that this was not a full state visit. Instead Mr Hu was embarrassed by noisy protests on the streets of Washington, and a protester who managed to disrupt the high pageantry unrolling on the South Lawn of the White House. Moments into Mr Hu's speech, a woman in a charcoal suit perched on the top tier of the stands reserved for the press began screaming in English and Chinese: 'President Bush stop him. Stop this visit. Stop the killing and torture.' She also managed to unfurl a banner in the yellow and red colours of the Falun Gong spiritual movement before being bundled away by White House security."