COMMENT The Chinese ambassador’s September visit to Petaling Street on the eve of the red shirt rally continues to reverberate across the political landscape.

Last week, cabinet, after dithering for several weeks, finally decided to summon the ambassador to apparently learn what he did or did not say.

No doubt this is just another ‘sandiwara’ that only confirms how hopelessly muddled, dysfunctional and amateurish our government has become.