Uncharacteristic levels of anxiety, indecision and defensiveness in Chinese officialdom don't make for an investment-friendly climate.

America's most controversial investment bank won the trust of Chinese officialdom when rivals mostly ignored the country.

Chinese officialdom gave no sign; not a single word did or could the Chinese Government dare to send us.

Of the fact that it was a rather highly charged caricature of Chinese officialdom he seemed either really or diplomatically unconscious.