亨斯迈是上周三在纽约，参加由美国 - 中国关系全国委员会举办的一项活动。洪博培说，国防部长盖茨没有高兴的J-20试飞，并带来了与中国领导人胡锦涛。洪博培说，胡锦涛措手不及。

[洪博培，美国前驻中国大使：
“当胡锦涛国防部长，并说了一些效果，这是真的吗？它飞​​了吗？我看着，我想，哇，这是一个难得的时刻。我认为中国方面看，在美方，并可能在人群中有一些中国扬声器。梁光烈马将军，然后转身向一个或两个人，响应国家主席胡锦涛来到：没有国防部长盖茨，你不采取这种罪行，这是唯一的一个科研实验“。

huntsman was in new york on wednesday, attending an event organized by the national committee on united states-china relations. huntsman said secretary gates was not pleased about the j-20 test flight, and brought it up with chinese leader hu jintao. huntsman said hu was taken by surprise.

[jon huntsman, former us ambassador to china]:
“When Hu Jintao turned to the Defense Minister, and said something to the effect of, is this true? Did it fly? And I looked at that and I thought, wow, this is a rare moment. And I think the Chinese side looked over at the US side and probably figured there were some Chinese speakers in the crowd. And the Liang Guanglie turned to General Ma who then turned to one or two others, and back the response came to President Hu Jintao: No Secretary Gates, you’re not to take offence at this, it was only a scientific research experiment.”