... the throwing of shoes at foreign dignitaries, that is. Following in the footsteps of Muntadar al-Zaidi, a reporter now famous for hurling two shoes at former President Bush, a pro-Tibetan protester at Cambridge University likewise hurled his shoe at Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, who spoke there today on the state of the global economy.
According to FP Passport, as Mr. Wen was approaching the end of his address, a Western man stood up, blew a whistle and shouted: “How can the university prostitute itself with this dictator? How can you listen to these lies?”
To his credit, Wen remained cool, calm and collected. My guess is this is not the first time that he's seen such protest:
PS. This would never happen at Oxford. ;) Sorry, I couldn't resist: alma mater pride...