Who had the Worst Week in Washington? Hu Jintao.

[cowcommander]

When Chinese President Hu Jintao came to Washington for an official state visit this past week, he was greeted with that greatest of American attributes: skepticism.

While Hu was feted at a state dinner (the Fix's invite must have been lost in the mail) and received all the trappings a world leader would expect, there were also some awkward moments.

At a joint news conference with President Obama on Wednesday, Hu was challenged on China's human rights record by Bloomberg's Hans Nichols: "First off, my colleague asked you a question about human rights, which you did not answer," said Nichols, referring to a prior question by Ben Feller of the Associated Press. "I was wondering if we could get an answer to that question."

Ouch. Hu eventually fessed up that "a lot still needs to be done in China, in terms of human rights."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/21/AR2011012102932.html