Dave is in China right now. He's staffing his Under Secretary - that's the head of the Bureau on Democracy, Human Rights and Labor within the Department of State. I posted earlier that these two weeks in China are the pinnacle of his year working the China desk within this bureau. That could not have become more true with the news this week.
Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng rather impressively escaped house arrest and appeared in the U.S. Embassy in Beijing only days before Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived for this big summit. The news coverage has been exciting, with new bits of the story breaking every few hours over the past few days. And I'm getting nothing more than random texts from Dave, who is right in the thick of it.
Again, I've got to admit that I'm pretty jealous.
And a little bummed. Because Dave's supposed to get on a plane tomorrow morning and fly home to be with us. Glad he's spending his time on such worthy endeavors. But a little jealous of his time, too.
Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng rather impressively escaped house arrest and appeared in the U.S. Embassy in Beijing only days before Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived for this big summit. The news coverage has been exciting, with new bits of the story breaking every few hours over the past few days. And I'm getting nothing more than random texts from Dave, who is right in the thick of it.
Again, I've got to admit that I'm pretty jealous.
And a little bummed. Because Dave's supposed to get on a plane tomorrow morning and fly home to be with us. Glad he's spending his time on such worthy endeavors. But a little jealous of his time, too.
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