The thing is though Leon, those places are now stuck in a zero covid mindset. The lack of any significant outbreak is proving poisonous to their societies. And people never “got the fear”, they’re ru… (View Post)

During the Tiananmen Square massacres, it was reported by the British Ambassador to China Alan Donald, that: “STUDENTS LINKED ARMS BUT WERE MOWN DOWN INCLUDING SOLDIERS. APCS THEN RAN OVER BODIES TIM… (View Post)

I’m confused. I thought Rishi was James Forsyth’s best man when he married Allegra Stratton who is/was Carrie’s bestie? Cummings is right that the biggest problem with British governance is that it’s… (View Post)

Don’t get me wrong, Shanghai is worth a couple of nights for sure. Beijing I never really got on with at all, Tianjin just a short hop is actually quite pleasant. Shanghai locals tend to get in and o… (View Post)

@foxy In Shanghai and Beijing you’d be fine in smart places. But really you just get the Google Translate App and that does it all for you with the camera for menus and speaker for drivers. Whether I… (View Post)