Paramount leader Deng Xiaoping, then President Yang Shangkun and Premier Li Peng found their car blocked by a cow in the road one day. Li yells: "If you don't move, I'll declare martial law!" The cow ignores him. Yang yells: "I'll call out the military!" The cow stares blankly. Deng whispers in its ear, and the cow runs off, terrified. "I said I would name him general secretary of the Communist Party," said Deng, who had already sacked two party bosses. Article found on Rice Cooker. [ Link ]