Brings out that hearty flavour. Full Comment>>

China is dreaming if it thinks its education is of any influence to SOCIAL MOBILITY. especially if education is bogus and based on bribes. then, with the degree the family could afford, the child gets a job as high up the ladder as was financially achievable. evaluation by degree/finances rather than skill or ... Full Comment>>

The copper in the photo doesn't seem to like eating Moorhens... Full Comment>>

China has no technological secrets worth stealing. The only thing worth performing espionage in China for, is figuring out political/military intentions and shortening response time to any buildup of armed/naval forces. If that's what China wants to keep secret, then I'm afraid to say that its Nazi-glorifying ideals ... Full Comment>>

Isn't the general idea that you advertise their prediction succes AFTER they've at least made a few successful predictions? Sure, baby pandas are cute, and maybe that's enough to get locals excited about the prospect. But besides their guaranteed popularity, what other signs are there that these baby pandas have any ... Full Comment>>

So, he was in the USA to accept an award at the "Einstein Invention Expo"? Methinks an 'inventor' is making up bogus credentials and experience to embellish his resume! I'd google the Expo, but internet is playing up at the moment. Full Comment>>

my chinese wife says china telecom is better! Full Comment>>

"Many people in other parts of the world eat human placenta as it’s packed full of protein and apparently very good for you, but they usually don’t eat other peoples’." - so, they eat their own? Full Comment>>

My body is always buried in tact. Being polite is very important for staying alive in China. Full Comment>>

Chinese state companies will do their own consultancy tasks now? Haha! They'll be back with their tails between their legs. Full Comment>>

foreigners are finally helping the governmrnt answer the deep philosophical question that has always been on their minds: "how to get the money?" it's like the emancipation proclamation for China, and i'm being sarcastic. Full Comment>>

I'll let some friends take photos of local Chinese people staring at me. Then I'll send it to the newsmedia and wait for the outrage over the abject rudeness displayed. It's probably best not to hold my breath, though. ;-) Full Comment>>

yes, but a lot of the emigrants aren't abroad to assimilate into a modern culture. the chinese i've heard just salivate over pensions, subsidized health care and education. they have little interest in western values, because they feel they are superior even when escaping to our countries. they're in it for the ... Full Comment>>

China fears free thought more than political satire. Most Chinese are indoctrinated to have an apathy towards political discussion or anything that isn't inane for that matter. Popular show demonstrate that life is good if you are reasonable, rational, independent and not tied down by gov't/family obligations. The ... Full Comment>>

Discrimination is the USA is real, but at least on a formal level there is some awareness of the issues. The people in the USA might not be paradigms of virtue, but at least there is an incentive to TRY to improve things. China, its people and government will deny any mistake, and present their simplistic world ... Full Comment>>

But the positives are mostly windowdressing. China doesn't welcome foreigners: We can't naturalize, visas are made very restrictive, banking and other services actively discriminate against us, and the culture-centric views are glaringly obvious even through all the politeness we receive because of how uncommon ... Full Comment>>

don't let this guy live. i've seen enough chinese on tv shows get what they want through whining and crying. china's greatest "talent" are experts at psychological manipulation let this guy pull a fast one on the legal system with those antics, and it sets a dangerous precedent. getting away with MURDER! Full Comment>>

I doubt we can meet. My work has got me booked during that holiday, because that's also Children's Day. Full Comment>>

Bigamy, or Trigonometry? Full Comment>>

if you're ever headed to chengdu, let me know. i've been told girls in sichuan are ever prettier/prettiest. still shamefully materialistic, though. Full Comment>>

Outdoor seating on the pavement, people walking on the roads. This kind of provincial traffic attitude is hardcoded. Take away the seats, and people will just park their cars and e-bikes on the pavements. The pavements will remain untraverseable, because the chengguan rules can't keep up with the imaginatively ... Full Comment>>

what a deflating experience. chinese airlines are totally pants. i had always thought that a rubber keeps things safe when you undress to knock on heaven's door. my sympathies go out to the mechanic. break a leg! Full Comment>>

if he can gring the horn into powder, he can make is own TCM to sell. maybe with the profits from the rare human horn aphrodisiac, he can visit a real doctor! seriously, though, i can only hope it's some freaky teratoma. if it's a foreign organism growing into his spine, he's a goner. Full Comment>>

It's true that warfare has produced the majority of inventions throughout human history. But that doesn't conflict with my statement. Were it the women and children in Kabul, bobbing up and down like caged zoo animals while they recited verses in the Quran, who contributed to this creativity? Or were it the Taliban ... Full Comment>>

A success? Maybe if GDP statistics are the be-all and end-all of reality. Unfortunately it isn't for the average Chinese. The wealth is funneled to the 1%. Where you see a success, I see the proliferation of ultra-nationalism and national myths, medical misconceptions, pseudo-scientific methodologies, ... Full Comment>>