Kow-towing to the financier

In the course of Chinese Vice-Premier Li Keqiang's trip to Europe hardly anyone has dared to bring up the human rights problem, the conservative daily ABC complains: "The Chinese commanders are travelling the world with their cheque books in their hands and no one asks about trifles like mass executions or imprisoned dissidents, even when one of the latter has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. When a gentleman comes to buy one's debts without posing awkward questions, you don't examine his views too closely. The Chinese are financing Obama's Keynesian expenses, rescuing France's space industry and freeing the Spanish government bonds from growing pressure. Portugal hasn't gone bankrupt yet because China left five billion there last December … . One day they will call in all the favours - and more - at the same time, but right now it's not a good time to be pedantic. They have a democracy deficit and we have our budget deficit. Let's leave it at that."

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