Andy Best

It's sad how it's still taboo to report crime fully in papers here. After nine years here I've often talked to cops who will openly go on about being busy with violent crime and break-ins all day long...

As much as this is obviously a complete joke, it's hard to comment on it in relation to the Nobel Prize as that's a bit of a joke too. Yes, Kissinger. Even Obama, who is escalating Afghanistan, using...

Hi Christine, I only just revisited the page and saw you replied to the comments. Thanks for this article....

I've taken a knife off a teenage student here. He wasn't angry at the time. It was a short, wide combat blade with rings in the handle so you could punch people with it. He took it out in class and w...

Yeah, between 20 mins of ads, and trailers and the changeover times etc etc the actual movie may not start until 30 mins or so after the ticket time. It used to bother me in the 80's and it wasn't hal...

Ah, John Bolton. Yeah, it's weird to think that even with all the great quotes of the day we've had here, and the general behavior of CCP officials during 'diplomacy',that John Bolton, of the world's ...

Yeah, Alex did a really good job and went out of his way to speak to everyone and get as many points of view as possible. Nice guy, great piece....

... and in case anyone thinks I'm just being flippant. Start here ... democracy now piece Although only an elementary knowledge of current affairs and the state of the world is needed to understand...

@BBC1 The real crime scene was inside the meeting. ...

That's funny how they refer to "Love Park" without any other reference in the blurb. As if it's actually called Love Park. Love Park is the nickname for the area around the music hall on the south si...

Yes! Fame. Check it out, this made it to the Shanghai Daily. read all about it They offer a "different story" in which they explain that there was a dispute with the upstairs neighbors and it's a s...

Hi Dilladonuts You are welcome to get stuck in or to critique what you see as cultural imperialism. I encourage that and should not be above it myself, despite my other work that Peijin alludes to. I...

Don't want to confuse any Shanghai newbies. The patio thing is at the Huai Hai Road branch, whereas the lease non-renewal is at the Xinle Road (original) branch. Boxha cafe replaced their old branch a...

Yeah, that'll be interesting to see. The last time a landlord decided to not to renew a Boonna Cafe's lease it was to cynically put his own Shanzhai version (Boxha) there and take the business. Let's ...

I hope we'll all still be able to sit out there in some form while the upstairs property remains unsold or whatever. The thing that freaked me was why morning-raid it? Why not have a meeting togethe...