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Dear Diary,

At the International Convention Center, chillin at Vietnam's President Nguyen Minh Triet wife's (Tran Thi Kim Chi) dinner party.

I gave a lot of statements today. I have to say, it was a nice break to not have to talk about the Middle East so much. It was annoying, however, to have to talk about how the US is totally not willing to live with a nuclear North Korea.

It was good that I got a chance to say that I'm a little bit worried about "rising China." I mean, it's cool that China is an important economic power, but I for one am hella nervous about China's transition. Like, is the Chinese economy really going to act in a way that is consistent with the level playing field that the international economy needs, whether it is in terms of currency valuation, or intellectual property rights protection? And like, what is up with the Chinese military buildups? Seriously? Kind of outsized, right?

But by and large, I think I made it clear that we are down with China, and that it is very much in the interest of the world that China's energies, China's growth, be channeled in a way that is stabilizing for the international system and stuff.

It's like Dr. Dre says, "I gotta say it was a good day."