Realism's Victory over Idealism

U.S. ambassador to China Gary Locke

Since his arrival, Gary Locke, the Chinese-American U.S. ambassador to China, has been the subject of much discussion here. We know how he takes economy class for his plane trips, queues to buy his own coffee and his financial assets are publicly declared.

The latest news about him is that Locke has taken his family for a mountain holiday in Guilin without bodyguards. This is simply unthinkable for the Chinese public. One Chinese Net user mocked him for his upcoming hiking travels: "Gary Locke, you keep going further and further on the wrong path!"