Word: williamsburg
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President Jiang Zemin's journey across America--which includes Saturday's speech at Harvard--has taken him on a tour through the birthplaces of American democracy, from Williamsburg, Virginia's colonial capital, to Philadelphia's Liberty Bell. * The Chinese government insisted on establishing Jiang's itinerary, intentionally giving it an aura of Americana to showcase the Communist leader in places reminiscent of American patriotism. The Chinese also demanded that the United States accord Jiang the highest state and military honors, as a state visitor of the top rank. * Jiang's eight-day trip began at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, last Sunday...
...another youthful move, Jiang danced the hula with 100 Hawaiian school children. Later Monday, Jiang arrived at Langley Air Force Base outside Washington, D.C., and drove in a motorcade to Williamsburg, Virginia...
...Colonial Williamsburg, Jiang posed for photographs wearing the three-cornered hat of American colonial times and met actors portraying Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry. In a sudden change of plans, Gov. George F. Allen of Virginia decided to spend Tuesday morning campaigning for his successor and his wife attended a formal lunch for Jiang in his place...
...From Williamsburg, Jiang traveled to Washington, D.C. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright greeted him at the Blair House, the residence opposite the White House reserved for the highest state visitors...
...YORK: He's done the hula in Hawaii, worn a three-corner hat in Williamsburg, and been guided around the Capitol by Newt Gingrich. But now the King of Communism has come to the Big Apple--and he's gone native...