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US envoy in Jasmine crowd may cause a stink - The Standard
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Before the US ambassador to China, Jon Huntsman, vacates his post, he may have some explaining to do regarding the quashed Jasmine Revolution.
Huntsman was reportedly spotted on Sunday among the crowd in Beijing's Wangfujing Street, a shopping district where hundreds were gathered after a call for a democracy protest spread online.
Police, however, swiftly dispersed the crowd as many were thought to be shoppers and onlookers and not protesters anyway.
But the ambassador - who's leaving in April and is interested in seeking the Republican nomination to run against Barack Obama in next year's presidential election - was gone even before the little action began.
Huntsman quickly left after another man, with whom he was chatting, identified him.
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