Chinese companies 'rent' white foreigners

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/BUSINESS/06/29/china.rent.white.people/index.html?fbid=ImJQ6zweZUo

"Face, we say in China, is more important than life itself," said Zhang Haihua, author of "Think Like Chinese." "Because Western countries are so developed, people think they are more well off, so people think that if a company can hire foreigners, it must have a lot of money and have very important connections overseas. So when they really want to impress someone, they may roll out a foreigner."
Or rent one.