Friday, March 22, 2013

Praise for US officials' modest lunch bill in China...

Chinese netizens praised the US Treasury chief for eating a cheap dumpling lunch after meeting new President Xi Jinping, comparing his modest bill to the lavish spending habits of domestic officials.

Jacob Lew met Xi in the grandeur of Beijing's Great Hall of the People on Tuesday, and later had lunch with two colleagues at the Bao Yuan Dumpling House near the US Embassy, where the bill came to 109 yuan ($17.50).

"Chinese officials -- take a look at what the Americans do and blush," said one online post on the Tencent Weibo, a Chinese version of Twitter. "They pay their own bills, while our officials use tens of thousands of yuan of our money."

Online posts said the treasury secretary and his fellow diners ordered vegetarian dumplings, a number of cold dishes and tea. Full story...

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