China's national flag to go up in White House on Sept 20

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White House Debunks Reports It Will Fly China's Flag on South Lawn - Political News - FOXNews.com <---CLICK

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People made an uproar, they pulled their plans. Glad to know we can still make the White House tuck tail and run once in a while.

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Demonstrations by foreign groups on the Ellipse or in Lafayette Park, in front of the White House, are not uncommon. But foreign flags are only flown on the White House grounds or on Pennsylvania Avenue to mark "state" or "official" visits of the countries' leaders.

Under those guidelines, the Chinese flag has flown on White House grounds before, in April of 2006, when President Hu Jintao visited then President George W. Bush.

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.

So Bush flew their flag first!

Two words for both parties: "Foreign Entanglements"

It should not happen now, or in 2006.