NPR reports that an editorial in a Chinese state-run newspaper called outgoing U.S. ambassador to China Gary Locke a "yellow-skinned white-hearted banana man." Locke, who is Chinese-American, earned the affection of ordinary Chinese and the scorn of China's government officials for his common touch.
The editorial also suggested that Beijing's heavy smog had arrived with Ambassador Locke and then left with him.
Locke, for his part, called on the Chinese government to respect human rights in his final news conference.