Friday, 16 March 2012
French tennis pro Michaël Llodra apologizes for screaming "Fucking Chinese!" during match
French tennis player Michaël Llodra (ranked No. 41 in the world) recently pulled off a Vincent Chin-esque double-whammy of racial insensitivity, after he reportedly screamed "****ing Chinese!" at a Korean-American woman in attendance during his first round match against Ernests Gulbis at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California. He has since taken to his website to apologize in a classically non-apologetic fashion, by qualifying that he is not a racist, and that he lost his temper because the Indian Wells court being uncooperative, and also because tournament organizers scheduled his matches poorly.
Thursday, 15 March 2012
Premier Wen chides Chongqing
Party leader says authorities must ‘learn lessons’ of Wang Lijun scandal and that results of inquiry will be made public - but he doesn’t mention Bo Xilai
China removes top leadership contender Bo from post
The Communist Party boss of China's southwestern city of Chongqing, Bo Xilai, has been removed, state news agency Xinhua said on Thursday, following a scandal involving a senior aide who took refuge in a U.S. diplomatic mission last month.
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