On September 19, 2011, the Chinese minister approved the merger, the last one needed.

Walk softly, my best of friends' - that was what the Chinese minister wrote in the letter he sent with them.

He served as Chinese foreign minister from April 1988 to March 1998.

The Chinese minister of sport has pledged to rule out "corruption among sports officials".

Tell the Chinese prime minister to go jump in a lake and the next thing you know, troops are lining up at the border.

"They made reference to Chinese ministers, presumably involved in the deal," one official who reviewed it disclosed.

A skilled and able diplomat, Zhou served as the Chinese foreign minister from 1949 to 1958.

His visit is the first by a Chinese prime minister to the commission.

Over eight thousand miles across the globe the Chinese prime minister and a small group of men conferred.

"How can you be so sure," the Chinese prime minister asked, "that they discovered China is involved?"