QUOTE OF THE DAY: Chinese Numbers
In this post about troubles in the Chinese economy, including corruption and lack of transparency, there's a great gem:As Li Keqiang, the vice premier and heir-apparent to Wen Jiabao, laconically remarked to the US ambassador a few years ago, most of the statistics in China are "for reference only."That's a statement worthy of the great Ron Ziegler, famous plenty of chestnuts, my favorite of which is his response to …