An Egyptian protester flashes the victory sign during clashes with the police near Cairo’s Tahrir Square—AFP

An Egyptian protester flashes the victory sign during clashes with the police near Cairo’s Tahrir Square—AFP

An Egyptian protester flashes the victory sign during clashes with the police near Cairo’s Tahrir Square—AFP

The visit of Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang from May 19-22 had to compete for space with the unfurling Indian Premier League scandal — an admixture of the sublime and the ridiculous.

It is now customary to affix “gate” to all scandals.