Injured Maltese president gets personal visit from Hu

BEIJING - Malta President George Abela missed the opening ceremony of the World Expo in Shanghai because of a leg injury, but later had an experience during his stay in China that he says he will remember forever.

The morning of April 30, 12 hours before the opening ceremony of the World Expo, Abela's leg was hurt in an accident. The head of the Mediterranean state was rushed to the city's best Ruijin Hospital.

"I will not meet President Hu Jintao in a wheelchair," said Abela, lying on a hospital bed in Shanghai, striving to stand up, but failing.