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Friday: Chinese delegates visit Menlo Park

Original post made on Oct 14, 2014

Thirteen executive officers and nine vice mayors from China will visit Menlo Park on Friday, Oct. 17, city officials announced.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, October 14, 2014, 9:00 AM

Comments

Posted by wcs
a resident of Menlo Park: Suburban Park/Lorelei Manor/Flood Park Triangle
on Oct 14, 2014 at 1:51 pm

Is this open to the public (residents), or just an FYI?


Posted by resident
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Oct 14, 2014 at 3:34 pm

I don't think the newspaper would post the time and address of the reception if it wasn't open to the public.


Posted by Sandy Brundage, Almanac Staff Writer
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Oct 14, 2014 at 4:35 pm

Ordinarily we would not post the time and address of a closed event, but in this case I thought the event was open to the public when in fact it is not. My apologies for the confusion.

Sandy


Posted by Menlo Parent
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Oct 15, 2014 at 9:58 am

Does anyone else suspect that this is connected to recent efforts to establish the Manadarin Charter School? Apparently the Chinese government is funding programs in many places in the U.S.


Posted by neighbor
a resident of another community
on Oct 15, 2014 at 11:34 am

Maybe the delegation is here to smooth anti-Asian sentiment from some MP folks. I don't see that as a conspiracy -- it's a good thing for the community and for diversity in general. There is no sinister secret plot here.


Posted by degradation_of_the_natural_world
a resident of Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park
on Oct 15, 2014 at 10:49 pm

Hey, maybe we can ask them what they are going to do about Chinese lust for ivory and drinking teas with rhino horn or tiger testes for vitality, or monetary policy that puts American exports at a disadvantage?

I, for one, am kind of sick of China's 20 different silly superstitions and customs that are destroying the natural world as we know it.

If there is "anti-Asian sentiment" from some MP folks, it's well deserved and has NOTHING to do with racism.


Posted by Menlo Resident
a resident of Menlo Park: Sharon Heights
on Oct 15, 2014 at 10:57 pm

A delegation of 20+ foreign government officials is going to travel all the way to Menlo Park just to try to win the hearts of a few misguided citizens? Ummm....right. I highly doubt the Chinese government would fund a foreign government trip to Menlo Park, California without a specific agenda...most likely to build their own knowledge and make connections related to a) venture b) tech c) funding Chinese language programs all over world to further their global economic/political objectives or d) all of the above!


Posted by Robbie
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Oct 17, 2014 at 7:11 pm

So is that agenda a bad thing?