Hu apparently preferred a tête-à-tête

Anderson Cooper 360: Blog Archive - Obama in China: A wake-up call! « - Blogs from CNN.com: "reports from correspondents on the scene are replete with statements that Hu stiffed the President, that he rejected arguments about Chinese human rights and currency behavior while scolding the U.S. for its trade policies, and that he stage-managed the visit so that Obama – unlike Clinton and Bush before him – was unable to reach a large Chinese audience through television."

David Gergen, who wrote this is a very serious correspondent.