My students here in China are endlessly amazed on how down-to-earth Obama (and Biden) are. China’s political leaders are stiff and overly formal, like a Romneybot without the plastered-on smile, and would never appear on a comedy program or post selfies like this one on Sina Weibo.

Biden and Obama are the kind of guys I’d invite over to a barbecue. I’m sure they’d have a lot of stories to share.

(Probably, I’d need to lay in extra food for the SS detail, though. At least the agents wouldn’t be drinking the beer up. … I think.)