Hu Jintao was called a hardliner, silent, blank, no personality and repressive from the start, so I knew he was the right guy for the job.
Xi and Wang Qishan are called "humorous" by the westerners, so they are 100% in the pocket of the oligarchs.
LOL at Chinese forum members' over-reactions to diplomatic nicieties.
Xi Jinping already went to the USA and warned his hosts to their faces:
- You stay on your side of the Pacific, we stay on our side.
"The vast Pacific Ocean has ample space for China and the United States."
- East Asia is our backyard. We don't like your military there.
"At a time when people long for peace, stability and development, to deliberately give prominence to the military security agenda, scale up military deployment and strengthen military alliances is not really what most countries in the region hope to see."
- Don't phuc with our "core interests." And that includes Tibet because we know you are trying to pull something funny there.
Obama, Xi exchange polite warnings - Indian Express Chinese Vice President Urges U.S. to Respect ‘Core Interests’
- We know you talk about partnership, but we see you are trying to contain us.
And to drive home the point the U.S. isn’t doing enough to respect such “core interests,” Xi borrowed a line from George Washington that “action, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.”
China's Xi spars with lawmakers, avoids specifics in speech - latimes.com
If it was Hu Jintao. He would have gone there. Gotten lectured by everybody he met. Heckled by the audience. Manhandled by security guards. And then his reply would be ad-lib tedious party doctrine: "China is a socialist country. We are trying hard to improve the standard of living of our citizens. We are still very poor. We are no threat to you. We have no interest in being a leader or a great power......."
If it was Wen Jiabao, in addition to the above. He would say with a big smile, "Yes I agree with everything you say about China. You are truly our superiors. Please give us a chance to kiss your feet, masters. Don't turn you back on us."
Xi Jinping is one hardcore alpha male. Huge Chinese pride. Huge ego. Not taking flak from any foreigners. Tight as lips and teeth with the PLA (even marrying a PLA officer). My hero!