Category Archives: China

‘London is generally safe – but be careful in areas populated by Indians, Pakistanis and black people’: Chinese airline condemned for in-flight magazine’s ‘racist’ advice

Posted on September 7, 2016 by Luke Ford

Daily Mail: Tourists are being told to avoid areas of London ‘populated by Indians, Pakistanis and black people’ in a Chinese airline’s in-flight magazine. Wings of China, the in-flight magazine for Air China, made the ‘racist’ comment in a travel … Continue reading →

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‘Did you here the one about disgraced Chinese geneticist walking into Hillary’s favorite deli in Chappaqua, with an attempt to shotgun his previous employer who happened to be a dean of Mount Sinai’s medical school?’

Posted on August 30, 2016 by Luke Ford

NEWS: Revenge may have been the motive in a Monday shooting that left two men injured outside a deli in normally serene Chappaqua. Hengjun Chao is accused of opening fire outside Lange’s Little Store & Delicatessen at 7 a.m., injuring … Continue reading →

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Error puts Chinese tourist in German migrant hostel

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Luke Ford

BBC: A Chinese tourist spent nearly two weeks in a German migrant hostel after mistakenly applying for asylum when he actually wanted to report a theft. German media say the 31-year-old backpacker, who spoke neither German nor English, underwent a … Continue reading →

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A Brief Survey of the Various Foreigners, Their Chief Characteristics, Customs, and Manners by P.J. O’Rourke

Posted on August 7, 2016 by Luke Ford

P.J. O’Rourke writes in National Lampoon in 1977: AFRICANS Racial Characteristics: Probably not people at all. Probably some kind of monkey. They eat each other and worship bundles of sticks and mud. You can never remember the names of their … Continue reading →

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Free Trade With China Wasn’t Such a Great Idea for the U.S.

Posted on July 22, 2016 by Luke Ford

Noah Smith, finance professor, writes for Bloomberg: But look at actual economics research, and you will find a very different picture. The most recent example is a paper by celebrated labor economists David Autor, David Dorn and Gordon Hanson, titled … Continue reading →

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