The teacher is just keeping abreast of all the latest techniques in table tennis coaching. Full Comment>>

"In my daily life ......... " This utterly grinds me. No western person would say "In my daily life, I go shopping, watch TV and so on". Why the feck is this taught? Full Comment>>

If that BAC reading is accurate, you would not even be prosecuted in many countries at that level. The UK limit for blood alcohol is 80 mg/100 ml. Full Comment>>

Why didn't the other passengers take the law into their own hands? They all probably sat moaning about the delay but chose to do nothing about it. Full Comment>>

Probably less at risk from this activity than consuming the canteen food - and more nutritional. Full Comment>>

Always the victims, always the downtrodden. Western people also live under extreme pressure but it doesn't turn them into spoilt, sulking little brats. I guess your definition of "pressure" is being spoilt mindless and getting everything you want. Full Comment>>

I run a business in China. My main client uses Google and Gmail to share information with me (I am linked into their worldwide IT system). I have to use a VPN and that is becoming more and more unstable. I have invested in your country and your infrastructure. I employ Chinese nationals. If my links to the client ... Full Comment>>

The bank teller really kept HIS cool??? Looking at that photo, the bank teller looks amazingly, well sort of female to me. Full Comment>>

HaHa. Chinese Drivers Licence, not worth the plastic they are written on. I can't even imagine the reaction of the traffic police in other countries if they witnessed the driving standards here. Full Comment>>

Another trick you can try is learning the lyrics of one of these songs (some are pretty easy and you can get a Chinese person (student) to write the pinyin if you are stuck with the characters). Then go along to a KTV event. While you are singing the lyrics by memory, let your eyes follow the subtitles on the screen ... Full Comment>>

So how would the traders describe the taste of their own medicine? Pretty damn sour I suspect. My sympathy tanks are more or less empty on this one. Full Comment>>

The biggest problem with tailored clothes in China is that they never freakin' do as you request. You can explain twenty times until you are blue in the face and watch their heads nodding in agreement, but rarely if ever do they listen. Full Comment>>

Or the whole story is not represented and what the landlord was trying to do is blackmail the girls into either handing out money or offering sexual favours under the threat that the pictures would otherwise turn up on the internet. Full Comment>>

I the English think is good. Full Comment>>

Dalian has the policewomen in skin tight leathers. Why go there to look at a few fake canals when there are better things to look at? Full Comment>>

Shooks ............. What can I do with these air tickets now? Full Comment>>

It probably had nothing to do with the weather. The two girls were probably commenting about the sparsity of the bulge around the front of his shorts. Full Comment>>

What? Torture has been carried out in China by Chinese? Never? Surely? I thought it was only the Japanese that did terrible things to other people!!! Full Comment>>

The true meaning of "sex education". Full Comment>>

I'm sure she would have been happy with a i-phone. Full Comment>>

Is that really news worthy? The same happens in other places and the world over. A couple of hours commuting time going to work and returning each day is the standard lifestyle of millions of people. Full Comment>>

Chinese girls really don't do a lot to eliminate a certain reputation and stigma that they carry, do they? Full Comment>>

"Foreigners who are able to experience the high-speed rail in China are very lucky. The trains run directly from one station to another, it is a very efficient way to travel". I particularly like this one. Before I came to China, I couldn't imagine trains that go directly from one station to another. I ... Full Comment>>

gouxiong, so as not to downgrade something held dearly in many western countries (that being freedom of expression, thought and speech), I am not going to disrespect your opinion that "China excels over the rest of the world in many aspects". I disagree with your opinion but I am willing to be enlightened, ... Full Comment>>

Focus on the trivial or superficial, remove all of the corresponding negatives then add a fairly thick coat of whitewash and it can be said that Professor Yao's "opinion piece" is quite accurate! Full Comment>>