A 27-year-old man has been charged after a shoe was thrown at Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao during a visit to Cambridge University.
Police said the man, who has not been named, would appear before magistrates in Cambridge on 10 February accused of committing a public order offence.
The shoe was thrown at Mr Wen and he was called a "dictator" as he gave a speech on the global economy on Monday.
The premier, on a three-day UK visit, described the incident as "despicable".
Mr Wen was giving his speech having earlier signed a series of trade agreements with UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Witnesses said the shoe landed about a metre away from Mr Wen.
The protest was similar to an event in December when US President George W Bush was forced to duck to avoid shoes thrown at him by an Iraqi journalist in Baghdad.
As Mr Wen arrived at the university, he was met by both pro-China supporters and people demonstrating against China's human rights record in its own country and in Tibet.
On Sunday, five people were arrested during a Free Tibet demonstration in London after trying to approach Mr Wen as he arrived at the Chinese Embassy.
Feb-03-2009 05:18
Yohan
Champion of Deep&Nu-disco
Registered: Jan 2004
Location: Kitchener, Ont, Soviet Canuckistan
Originally posted by chinamon
not true. i say "ugh"
but i am a tranny.
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Originally posted by kotsy
lol colour me retarded
Feb-03-2009 06:33
1dawoman
Maybe Means Yes
Registered: May 2006
Location: Earth
at least the shoe at Bush was somewhat on target...the guy this time seemed to have zero aim...
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Feb-03-2009 18:09
Cribby
Dapper Disco Dino
Registered: Jun 2005
Location: Toronto, Canada
OMG, totally my hero!
I always used to joke about throwing shoes at people when mad.
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Feb-03-2009 20:08
Halycon
Epicsketch Inc.
Registered: May 2005
Location: underneath the blacklights.....
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