Don't remotely disagree. But I hear that the Beijing population, certainly the ones my friend interacts with in Beijing, are totally content with this approach. The impression I get are the midd… (View Post)

He organises a 5-a-side football league for Europeans living over there. Last summer they were unable to book any 5-a-side pitches in his part of Beijing as no one wanted to deal with Europeans. It&#… (View Post)

I really really could not give a shit about any statue, road name or anything. But anyone celebrating the fact that locally elected politicians in a country cannot even make such irrelevant decisions… (View Post)

Similar has been spotted with the military at lots of other airports, apparently they are practicing aborting landings and fly arounds whilst they have runways to practice on that are not otherwise b… (View Post)

The Nazi's and Stasi have left a deep impression on the German mindset. I know of Germans who refuse to use contactless payment in the UK for transport as they deem that as too much of an infrin… (View Post)