There seems to be a common theme to those. When Ceausescu visited NY he and his stupid wife (huge scientific fraud story on its own, including lot of reputable

There seems to be a common theme to those. When Ceausescu visited NY he and his stupid wife (huge scientific fraud story on its own, including lot of reputable western universities going along with it) were sure Macy was just a show stocked specifically for them. I seem to remember him reacting by ordering to open a store just for show to western dignitaries/press. https://www.nytimes.com/1970/10/22/archives/ceausescu-gets-90minute-macy-tour.html https://www.nytimes.com/1970/10/22/archives/ceausescu-gets-9... https://paperpile.com/blog/elena-ceausescu-scientist-fraud/ https://paperpile.com/blog/elena-ceausescu-scientist-fraud/ Similar story with Yeltsin visit to a small local grocery mart in Texas in 1989.