Rumblings on China's National Flag and the White House

Update (9/23/09): Obama Admin Allows Communist Flag Raising Over Washington, DC for first time ever! Video   [Updated Story]

Bill Smith, Editor: A few days ago Free Republic reported on a China Daily article (since updated) that identified that:

The national flag of the People's Republic of China (PRC) will be hoisted at the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on September 20, media reported Sunday. Chinese associations in the United States had applied to hold a ceremony in front of the US President’s residence to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of PRC.

Then Fox News attempted to debunk this story by stating:

A ceremony, indeed, will take place. But it won't happen on the White House grounds -- rather, on the Ellipse, on the other side of E Street from the presidential residence. The White House on Friday dismissed as inaccurate reports from China that the administration will mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic by flying the Chinese flag on the South Lawn.

China Daily, citing other media reports, claimed the president of the Fujian Association of the United States had been granted permission to hoist the flag "in a ceremony in front of the President's residence."

A ceremony, indeed, will take place. But it won't happen on the White House grounds -- rather, on the Ellipse, on the other side of E Street from the presidential residence.

It is understood that a foreign flag may be flown at the White house when a visiting head of state from another country visits the President of the United States at the White house. It is also understood that China may fly its flag at their Chinese Embassy. However, it is inappropriate for the White House or any other Obama administration agency to have given permission for the Chinese flag to be flown at any other location including on the Ellipse, on the other side of E Street from the presidential residence.  This flag represents a Communist nation that has murdered millions of its own people in an effort to stifle democracy in their own country.

Fox News also pointed out that "demonstrations by foreign groups on the Ellipse or in Lafayette Park, in front of the White House, are not uncommon." But the flying of this flag is not a demonstration. the flying of the flag was to be a ceremony "to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of PRC." Celebration of 60 years of oppression by the PRC who just happens to also have nuclear warheads on missiles pointed at the U.S. seems rather inappropriate.

It does not matter if the flag is inside the White House grounds or outside the White house grounds on the Ellipse, the Chinese will use this as a propaganda tool. In fact with all the borrowing by the Obama administration from China, this may be one of many future steps of China thumbing their nose at America. Chen Ronghua, chairman of Fujian Association of the United States, told reporters that their application was approved not only because of the sound Sino-US relations but also because China is a "responsible" country.

The Fox News report also hinted at the complexity that the Chinese will go to for propaganda purposes when reporting about this event. Fox News identified,

"In fact the current controversy is reminiscent of that visit. The Chinese insisted it was a state visit, despite U.S. assurances it was only an official one. The "state visit" label would have implied a bigger honor to Hu and to China, but Bush only had a handful of state visits and Hu's wasn't one of them.

Still, Chinese media continued to report it was a state visit even after it was over. And they continue now to report that the Fujian Association rally will take place on the White House lawn, even though U.S. officials insist it will not."

This provocative flag situation is because Americas voted for a weak inexperienced president who is now being tested by the country with whom the Obama administration has over-indebted our nation. Has anyone noticed that China has not offered to intervened to stop their neighbor North Korea from developing, proliferating and using nuclear weapons? Conclusion: no associations or delegations needed to have applied to fly the Chinese flag anywhere in Washington, D.C. outside of their own embassy. And if they did apply, the answer should have been NO! With the present situation, will the Obama administration roll over, as expected, on this issue and give the Chinese another propaganda story for their newspapers back home?

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