Outgoing US ambassador to China Gary Locke at the US embassy in Beijing on Friday. Photo: EPA
Outgoing US ambassador to China Gary Locke at the US embassy in Beijing on Friday. Photo: EPA
Gary Locke
China

Official Chinese media outlet uses racial slur 'banana' to insult departing US envoy

China News Service brands Gary Locke a 'rotten banana', a 'guide dog for the blind' and a 'plague'

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Associated Press in Beijing

Updated: 3:43pm, 1 Mar, 2014

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Outgoing US ambassador to China Gary Locke at the US embassy in Beijing on Friday. Photo: EPA
Outgoing US ambassador to China Gary Locke at the US embassy in Beijing on Friday. Photo: EPA
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