Emotionally exhausted, I longed to leave the dark Beijing of 2011 behind me and go home.
Some lawyers and victims have accused Beijing of failing to regulate the nation's dairy industry properly.
Washington has accused Beijing of militarising the South China Sea by creating artificial islands.
It could also suggest an acknowledgement by Beijing of an eventual appreciation of the yuan.
"In Beijing, of all the finalists, he was the worst technically," Bailey said.
It accused Beijing of arresting thousands of Uighurs on bogus terrorism charges.
European officials have accused Beijing of keeping the yuan undervalued to lift exports.
The headquarters in Beijing of Baidu, which has 75% of China's search market, feels much less dominated by engineers.
In the cottage museum are photographs of a recent visit from Beijing of descendants of the Russian mercenaries.
Australia's foreign minister, Julie Bishop, accused Beijing of "creating an environment of tension and mistrust" in the South China Sea.
He began the evening by referring to the recent visit to Beijing of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
