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tanithryudo) wrote2010-12-08 12:52 pm
tanithryudo) wrote2010-12-08 12:52 pm
In the middle of the outrage
Been skimming wikileaks news articles and this bit made me stop and giggle:
A cable last year from London recounts a dinner there celebrating the 80th anniversary of the Bank of China. A source said that Vice Premier Wang Qishan attended, according to the cable, "and that Wang claimed he is allergic to alcohol" but the Brits "had planned a whiskey dinner." The British apparently had been "confused . . . because the former head of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority had said he used to go drinking together with Wang."
So...did the guy suddenly give up alcohol? Or is this a mistranslation between fruit-based western alcohol and rice wine? Or just messin' with the Brits' heads? You decide.
A cable last year from London recounts a dinner there celebrating the 80th anniversary of the Bank of China. A source said that Vice Premier Wang Qishan attended, according to the cable, "and that Wang claimed he is allergic to alcohol" but the Brits "had planned a whiskey dinner." The British apparently had been "confused . . . because the former head of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority had said he used to go drinking together with Wang."
So...did the guy suddenly give up alcohol? Or is this a mistranslation between fruit-based western alcohol and rice wine? Or just messin' with the Brits' heads? You decide.