Expressing outrage, fear and everything but a fanatical devotion to the pope, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao gave a press conference where unlike Fearless Leader he appeared undrugged, in possesion of his faculties and brighter than the reporters involved. No nicknames were passed out...

Wen began the complain-a-thon by holding the semi-annual PRC bitch-fest about Taiwan. I mean it's like the State of California (pre-Governator) being worried about Manhattan getting too prosperous...get over it, y'all. He also went on to reject calls for talks with the Dalai Lama about Tibet and free elections for the rest of the Chinese, remarking

... He pledged to "develop democracy," protect human rights and improve China's legal system. But he all but ruled out talks with Tibet's Dalai Lama, and he rejected bold reform of China's one-party political system.

"Conditions are not ripe for direct elections at the higher levels," he said. "The first hindrance in my view is the inadequate education level of the population."