Daffydd61 on news Charity in China: The Low Down on Street Begging(28 comments)
I also believe that by giving money directly to a beggar also helps organized crime. Of course, there are a few deserving cases but when you are being pestered, you have no time to sort the wheat from the chaff. I remember some years ago, some Chinese friends told me never to give because they said that the beggars ... Full Comment>>
Daffydd61 on news Invasions of Privacy! Explaining the Issue of Personal Space in China(36 comments)
This article is amazingly true. I find that these things annoy me very much about living in China. Invasion of personal space, so they almost touch you. Staring at you. Bumping into you when walking. shouting into their mobile phones. Playing music through loudspeakers at a very high volume. Honking of their car ... Full Comment>>
Daffydd61 on news A-Z Guide to Navigating a Chinese Pharmacy(8 comments)
I found this an excellent article. I always had certain apprehensions aboout using Chineses Medicines and would prefer not to use them. But after reading this article, I am more relaxed and will now use them. Ignorance and my inability to understand Mandarin made me shy away from using them before. I am an expat ... Full Comment>>
Daffydd61 on darkstar1 's blog Never Been in a Chinese Hospital? Read on to Find Out their True Charm….(4 comments)
Recenlty I had to spend several days in the Nanning Peoples Hospital and I must say that the service and the treatment was excellent. Very professional and the nurses were very pleasing on the eye. Also, in 2005 I had to stay at the Guilin Peoples hospital to have my appendics removed and I must say the treatment ... Full Comment>>