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Article: WHITE HOUSE DINNER ATTRACTS GLITTERATI.(NEWS)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- October 30, 1997
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Byline: Angie Cannon Knight-Ridder Tribune News Wire
It was Washington's version of the Oscars: a star-studded state dinner to fete Chinese President Jiang Zemin.
In an East Room grandly decorated in gold, with tall candelabras covered with fragrant roses, 232 guests selected for their corporate or political power dined in the knowledge that they were the A-list of A-lists.
All state dinners are impressive, but the jockeying to be included in this affair was heightened because of the importance of the country being honored, and the infrequency of visits from its leaders.
Jiang's visit was as much about economics as geopolitics. So the ...