Germany is the only country in the European Union that Li Keqiang will visit.  Obama arrives in June.  Are the leaders of the world supporting Merkel’s re-election in September?  David Cameron is her Best Friend Forever.   These world leaders come with hazards.  A German journalist riding in a taxi in Bejing recently, got stuck in traffic.  A thick smog covered the city and the smells of charcoal wafted through the taxi window. In halting Mandarin, the journalist asked the taxi driver is he wasn’t afraid that the city would choke in smog.

The cab driver replied:  “That is the smell of money.  If it stinks, then the economy is booming.”   Article