“New Republican Presidential candidate Jon Huntsman is fluent in Chinese. In a short period of time the Republicans have come quite a long way. The last Republican president wasn't even fluent in English.” WayLongLastsPresidentPeriodsRepublicanChinesePresidentialCandidatesLong WayPresidential CandidateFluent Author:David Letterman
“[Sun Yat-sen is a] combined Benjamin Franklin and George Washington of China.” PresidentSunChinaChineseFranklin Author:Calvin Coolidge
“Once you're president, you can't go anywhere without causing trouble. President Obama shows up in China, he's chewing gum, they go crazy. A big stink because the president's chewing gum. And you think, the Chinese are so easygoing about human rights. What's the problem?” ThinkingHumansShowsProblemBigsPresidentRightsTroubleCrazyHuman RightsChinaChinesePresident ObamaStinkGumChewingChewing GumCausing Trouble Author:David Letterman
“President Obama is in China now for an economic summit in Beijing. The president wore a traditional purple silk shirt along with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin. That's after they taught Putin how to put a shirt ON.” PresidentEconomicTaughtChinaTraditionalChineseShirtsPresident ObamaPurpleSummitPutinSilkBeijing Author:Jimmy Fallon
“I do not intend to allow the Senate to rubber-stamp the president's plan to reward the Chinese Communists.” PresidentPlansRewardsChineseCommunistSenateStampsRubber Author:Jesse Helms
“If some Western politician claims he is in a position to use the normal Western methods to feed and clothe 1.2 billion Chinese, we would be happily prepared to elect him president of China.” IfsUseWould BePresidentPositionPoliticianNormalClaimsMethodPreparedWesternChinaBillionsChinese Author:Li Peng
“I guess we didn't even officially apologize. Jesse Jackson called on the United States to officially apologize to the Chinese. Jesse said, 'An apology is not a sign of weakness.' And as President Clinton has taught us, an apology isn't even a sign you're sorry.” SaidStatesPresidentUnitedUnited StatesTaughtWeaknessClintonSorryChineseApologyApologizingTaught UsPresident Clinton Author:Jay Leno
“President Bush said that American workers will need new skills to get the new jobs in the 21st century. Some of the skills they're going to need are Spanish, Chinese, Korean, because that's where the jobs went. Who better than Bush as an example of what can happen when you take a job without any training.” NeedsSaidHappensJobsPresidentCenturyExampleSkillsTrainingWorkersChinese21st CenturyPresident BushKoreanNew JobAmerican WorkersNew Skills Author:Jay Leno