It's an exciting day for the conservative movement! Perhaps even the most exciting day of the year, right up there with Guy Fawkes Day. The 10,000-attendee Conservative Political Action Conference kicked off this morning in Washington, and it will run through Saturday. It's the Republican party's most important gathering every year, and it's especially vital in years, like this one, when there's a large crop of potential presidential candidates to size up.

See, Rush Limbaugh? It's not that hard to learn Chinese. Nine-year-old Sasha Obama was practicing her Chinese with Chinese President Hu Jintao at Wednesday night's state dinner, apparently. All it takes is one of the best private school educations available.

After the recent state dinner to celebrate U.S.-China relations, The Tonight Show cut a video of the head of state and "the red dragon himself" fighting crime together. I knew Barack had some nice moves...

Yesterday, talk radio king Rush Limbaugh made headlines for his racist impersonation of Chinese President Hu Jintao. Tonight, Stephen Colbert humorously recapped the debacle, before begging Limbaugh not to steal the only racist impression that he's good at. Watch inside.

Chinese President Hu Jintao is visiting America this week to figure out the best places to install giant hydroelectric dams once China conquers us. And tonight is the much-hyped State Dinner. Wanna know who's sitting with the president?

[One of the lavish place settings for tonight's state dinner at the White House in honor of Chinese President Hu Jintao. A pic of the State Dining Room getting prepped for the meal of meat, potatoes and pie below.]

Conservative radio king Rush Limbaugh sure thinks Chinese people talk funny. Want to hear the impression of Chinese President Hu Jintao he unveiled today? It's 20 straight seconds of cartoonish "CHING CHANG CHONG" sounds. Seriously. The audio is below.

Someone pulled a "Bill Daley" and fainted at today's White House ceremony with Chinese President Hu Jintao! It was Deborah Mullen, wife of Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen. She's fine, but will Sino-American relations ever recover? [Photo via AP]

[The red carpet is pulled into place to greet Chinese President Hu Jintao, who arrived at Andrews Air Force Base today and will meet with President Obama at the White House tomorrow. Image via Getty]

The Chinese government today released a plan to end taxpayer-funded, booze-fueled sex parties in 2011, as well as official "seminars" held in Las Vegas and other cities that cost the country around $58 billion every year. That's some serious partying.