Da lachen ja die Chinesen

Tim Geithner war an seiner alten Uni in Peking und referierte über die Sicherheit der chinesischen Dollar-Reserven. Reuters protokolliert die Reaktion:

"Chinese assets are very safe," Geithner said in response to a question after a speech at Peking University, where he studied Chinese as a student in the 1980s.
His answer drew loud laughter from his student audience, reflecting scepticism in China about the wisdom of a developing country accumulating a vast stockpile of foreign reserves instead of spending the money to raise living standards at home."

Vielleicht hat er nur einen drolligen Akzent...