Shoe Throwing in China (China Britain Shoe)

Outline

Introduction

Baghdad shoe-throwing incident

Cambridge shoe-throwing incident

Shoe-throwing in Chinese Culture

Shoemaking in China

Footbinding

Causes

Effects

Other Chinese Customs that Promote Shoe-throwing

Conclusion

SHOE-THROWING IN CHINA

Shoe-throwing appears to be the latest form of political protest . Iraqi broadcast journalist Muntadar al-Zaidi was arrested and jailed after hurling his shoes at former US President George W . Bush at a Baghdad press conference on December 14 , 2008 . Earlier in the day , Bush arrived in Iraq unannounced before proceeding to an official visit in

Afghanistan . Speaking at the news conference , he said that the war in Iraq was not over and more work remained to be done

Al-Zaidi then suddenly stood up and shouted in Arabic : This is your farewell kiss , you dog ! This is from the widows , the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq ' He threw his shoes at Bush , both of which narrowly missed the latter . Security guards wrestled Al-Zaidi to the floor before hauling him to prison . Al-Zaidi 's lawyers say that he was charged with assaulting a foreign head of state , a crime punishable with incarceration for up to 15 years

In Arab culture , shoe hurling is considered the worst possible insult Calling someone a dog ' meanwhile , is regarded as an extreme affront

On February 2009 , an unidentified protester hurled a shoe at Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao during a speech at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom . Wen was about to finish an address on the global economy when a shoe was thrown at...