Sha Zukang, China’s Top U.N. Diplomat, Goes On Drunken Rant Against Americans China’s top-ranking U.N. diplomat Sha Zukang rather undiplomatically launched a drunken rant against U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon during a dinner at a U.N. retreat last week which left officials cringing, according to reports. “I know you never liked…
Where In The World Is Zhou Xiaochuan? Stratfor Provides Update As 1 Month Chinese Repo Surges By 50% 08/30/2010 For those seeking an update on today rumor du jour, here is Stratfor with some additional insights, if nothing definitive yet. But before we get into that, we have received the…
China: Rumors of the Central Bank Chief’s Defection August 30, 2010 Rumors have circulated in China that People’s Bank of China (PBC) Gov. Zhou Xiaochuan may have left the country. The rumors appear to have started following reports on Aug. 28 which cited Ming Pao, a Hong Kong-based news agency,…
Chinese drivers stuck in the longest traffic jam Authorities in China are racing to unscramble the world’s longest traffic, a 60-mile tailback stretching from the capital Beijing to the northern province of Inner Mongolia. By Peter Foster in Beijing Published: 24 Aug 2010 The jam on the main north-south motorway…
Nakasone caught trying to flee Japan in a North Korean submarine CIA sources say Posted by benjamin In a sign the secret battle for control of Japan has gone badly for the dark cabal, former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone was recently caught trying to board a North Korean submarine with…