In 2011, at the annual East Asia Summit dinner in Bali,
Indonesia, R&B icon Quincy Jones surprised everyone by appearing on stage
and asking President Obama and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao to join him in
singing “We Are the World.” An impromptu invitation for the leaders of the
United States and China to sing in front of a gathering of world leaders is
just the sort of unscripted event that makes presidential aides freeze in their
seats, minds racing with embarrassing headlines and videos gone viral.Needless to say, Obama and Wen did not join Jones on stage.
But the event reflected a nervousness that’s widely shared across …read more
Source: The New Republic
