US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen made a number of mistakes by violating diplomatic etiquette during a meeting with He Lifen, Vice Premier of the Chinese State Council. New York Post (NYP).
That’s why the politician bowed so vigorously as he shook hands with a Chinese official who, as seen in the video, stepped back “to give the radiant Yellen more room to bow.”
An error of protocol that critics have called a sign of American weakness.
As Bradley Blakeman, a former White House official who had served in President George W. Bush’s administration, commented on this meeting, “an American official never yields.” In contrast, NYU emeritus professor and Chinese law expert Jerome A. Cohen noted that the bows were not part of the accepted protocol.
Moreover, Yellen made a mistake by calling He Lifeng “Vice Prime Minister Hu”.
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