China's Xi Jinping cancels Hillary Clinton meeting amid 'tensions'

It's OK China, we don't like her much either.
She's a pretty big expense to us, and all she does is go around pestering other countries

Mrs Clinton was told late on Tuesday night that Xi Jinping, 59, would not meet her.

Such is the tension surrounding Mrs Clinton's trip to Beijing that many suspected it was a deliberate snub.

Ahead of her visit, the state-run Global Times newspaper said bluntly: "Many Chinese people do not like Hillary Clinton […] She makes the Chinese public dislike and be wary of the United States."

We don't blame you on the wary part either, we feel the same way.
I personally respect your policy on Syria and with many other counties would do the same.

However, Mr Xi, who is likely to be unveiled at the pinnacle of the Communist party after the 18th Party Congress in mid-October, was reported to have injured his back.

He also cancelled his other engagements yesterday, including a meeting with Singapore's prime minister, Lee Hsien Loong.

Mrs Clinton did meet with Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao, the current president and premier, but found little common ground.

On Syria, China repeated its policy of non-interference. Mrs Clinton has

China's leadership faces fresh scandal over fatal Ferrari crash

This one makes Prince Harry's parlay look like a picnic.

A fresh scandal has hit China's leadership ahead of this autumn's once-a-decade transition of power, with reports that a close ally of president Hu Jintao has been blocked for promotion or even demoted following his son's involvement in a fatal Ferrari crash.

Photos of the horrific smash in Beijing were deleted within hours of appearing on microblogs and websites in March. Even searches for the word "Ferrari" were blocked on the popular Sina Weibo microblog – prompting widespread speculation that a senior leader's child was involved.

Now unnamed sources have identified the driver of the black sports car as the son of Ling Jihua, who was removed as head of the party's general office of the central committee this weekend, the South China Morning Post and Reuters reported.

State media announced Ling had been made head of the