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Footage shows Yellen approaching Vice Premier He Lifeng \u2014 her Chinese counterpart \u2014 and bowing multiple times while enthusiastically shaking his hand.<\/p>\n
Former White House staffer Bradley Blakeman, who served during President George W. Bush’s administration, told the New York Post that the gesture was unseemly.<\/p>\n
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“Never, ever, ever\u2026an American official does not bow. It looks like she\u2019s been summoned to the principal\u2019s office, and that\u2019s exactly the optics the Chinese love,” Blakeman said.<\/p>\n
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“Yellen\u2019s flubs in China are not going to help the US stock market come Monday morning. Come home Janet!” “Taxifornia” author James V. Lacy wrote on Twitter.<\/a><\/p>\n During their meeting, He implied that the U.S. was an irrational actor towards China.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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