Chinese leader's Iowa visit to feature state dinner, lots of hospitality

Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:05:56 -0800

Chinese Vice President Xi Jingping's visit to Iowa on Feb. 15th and 16th be marked by Midwest hospitality and friendliness, tight security and diplomatic dignity, Gov. Terry Branstad said today.

Update: Chinese vice president to visit Iowa Feb. 15

Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:15:18 -0800

DES MOINES -- Gov. Terry Branstad today compared this month's trip of Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping to Pope John Paul II's 1979 visit to the Living History Farms in Urbandale, Iowa, and Nikita Khrushchev's 1959 visit to the state.

Branstad wants to build bridges, not burn them

Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:39:48 -0800

Governor says he won?t hit up Chinese V.P. about his nation?s  human rights; he?ll be talking up China?s trade with Iowa instead