Action reaction?
Posted on by Jason Li
For example…
Action:
The Chinese premier, Wen Jinbao, did not deign to attend the meetings personally, instead sending a second-tier official in the country’s foreign ministry to sit opposite Obama himself. The diplomatic snub was obvious and brutal, as was the practical implication: several times during the session, the world’s most powerful heads of state were forced to wait around as the Chinese delegate went off to make telephone calls to his “superiors”.
(Source: The Guardian, Dec 22, 2009)
Reaction:
I would like to congratulate Liu Xiaobo, who has been awarded the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize for his work to promote democracy and human rights.
The Nobel Committee’s decision…
(Source: BBC News, Oct 8, 2010)