Guest stars galore this week on “The West Wing.” Al Bundy, James Taylor and Tim Matheson are around as the president fumbles a routine photo op right before an important Chinese economic summit causing tensions between China and Taiwan to escalate to an alarming degree.

CJ’s put Josh in charge of a major summit with China. Things quickly unravel on his watch when the president accidentally accepts the flag of an independent Taiwan from some trouble makers during a photo op.

The Chinese delegation is decidedly unhappy at what they perceive to be the President showing support for an independent Taiwan and the summit agenda that Josh carefully negotiated goes up in flames. The Taiwanese, on the other hand, take it as a show of support from the US and start marching in the streets for independence. In response to these demonstrations, the Chinese overreact and deploy submarines closer to the Taiwanese coast. Yikes!