If you want to restore China's international image to what it was 12 months ago, treating journalists better is a good place to start.

I think we have to be a bit guarded here, given all the journalists who have been put behind bars in recent months. It may be that someone somewhere has decided that it must be shown the system can show a little leniency now and then.

We were raving about him two months ago.

It wasn't close a few months ago.

Image is an international language.

We were a little sloppy, but they had a lot to do with that. Maybe two months ago we might not have been tough enough to hang on and increase that lead. We seem to be getting tougher.