charlesfrith

I've lost a lot of scissors, nail cutters and my only pen knife over the last few years and it just makes sense to pick up confiscated ones on arrival. That of course is way too counter intuitive for ...

I've yet to see one single ad that celebrates the international flavour of the Olympics. Which is a missed opportunity that wont come round again....

For illumination on how clever it is the netizens only need ask themselves if they are happy Bush is now coming. Touche....

What a brilliant comment by Sarkozy ""We absolutely must not push a population of 1.3 billion people into wounded nationalism" I'm starting to like this guy a lot....

It has to be the Chinese medicine that worked!...

One of the dimensions of living in China is the lack of desire for soft power or influence as I like to call it. It goes unspoken but there are a few adjectives that are not used about the Chinese ar...

I was surprised to see the number of Chinese sex workers frequenting bars in Dubai recently. Given that the only thing that matters is money I'd have thought it expensive be in the middle East when a ...

The bottom line in today’s China: “money talks” Its a short history of the 21st century of China thus far. Pretty much like the US too it seems....

I saw And the spring comes recently. Very good movie with some topics in it that surprised me for getting past the censors....

Why not say its got Jackie Chan in it...'nuff said....

The sample is all online. I think this is probably a massive skew given online content. I guess if the sample were the People's Daily it would be somewhat different. Maybe even more surprising....

One world, one dream!...

And all of them have a uniform heart on their messenger today! There's more depth to this than just vacuous consumption methinks!...

When a child is protected from criticism its a good thing to help develop confidence. Then there is a crucial point when criticism must be weathered and indeed embraced to ensure both survival and mat...