Beijing, China - Secretary of State Condeleeza Rice led a group of American diplomatic envoys on a trip to China yesterday to discuss Asian-American trade agreements. Within 24 hours of her arrival, the group was shuttled back to Beijing International Airport after a catastrophic dinner incident with Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont. "I told her a joke," he said, "and she laughed. People started to panic and wonder why a woman like this has not visited a dentist. It caused great bewilderment among the Chinese people. Fear set in and people began liquidating their assets." After an 8% drop in Chinese stocks, the Prime Minister issued a statement reassuring the 1.3 billion Chinese people that the Secretary of State had left the country and that it was time to resume their normal life under a ruthless communist regime.
