These identify the most profitable customers and pamper them.

ECONOMIST: Hi ho, hi ho, down the data mine we go

Unwilling to lose them to the new Asian gaming mecca, Las Vegas casinos pamper Chinese high rollers with private chefs, limos and shopping trips.

FORBES: Chinese Players Find Good Fortune in Las Vegas

He is rumoured to use them extensively to buy support from senior officials as well as to pamper himself.

ECONOMIST: Six-party talks are to resume. Two cheers