The Cake Eater Chronicles is also declaring itself to be a No Communist Zone.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Southern California city known as "Little Saigon" because of its large Vietnamese population hasbecome the first U.S. city to declare itself a "no Communist" zone. The city council in Garden Grove, about 30 miles south of Los Angeles, passed a resolution on Tuesday saying it "does not welcome, or sanction high-profile visits, drive-bys or stopovers by members or officials of the Vietnamese Communist government." The resolution, passed to cheers from a crowd of about 200 Vietnamese residents, also urged city officials to refrain from "initiating engagements with or facilitating" visits by Vietnamese Communists. Garden Grove and the neighboring city of Westminster are home to some 90,000 residents of Vietnamese descent -- the largest Vietnamese population outside Vietnam. Many are political refugees and visits by visiting Vietnamese government delegations are frequently met with large protests and demonstrations.
Understandably, the Vietnamese government is a wee bit hurt by this decision.
Ha Noi, May 13 (VNA) - Viet Nam has protested against a recent resolution by the Garden Grove City Council in the State of California, which outlaws visits by delegations representing the Vietnamese Government to the city. "We protested against the Garden Grove City Council's approval of such an irrational resolution which runs counter to the growing relationship between the two countries and to the US federal constitution as well," Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokesman Le Dung said on Thursday.Bitch and moan. Bitch and moan. That's all communists ever do. Maybe you can call on the ghost of Ho Chi Minh to help you wheedle your way out of this one, eh, boys? Posted by Kathy at May 1, 2004 02:30 PM | TrackBack