China's Bullshit

Maybe tis better if China were to improve, rather than to worry about improving its image. This is perhaps China's main problem, that of worry about image or 'face'. After six working years in China I have become a bit tired of the bullshit that emanates from China. As I have said repeatedly, there is no need for China to wallow in bullshit. The real China has nothing to fear from exposure.

China Daily
1 May 2010

Only China can prevent war between the Koreas

This is a problem only China can resolve. Only China has influence in North Korea. If North Korea did fire the torpedo that sank the South Korean warship, only China can douse the flames that threaten to ignite the Korean Peninsular.

China Daily
30 Apr 2010

When we were Soldiers we zobbed

When we were soldiers in the Vietnam war era we zobbed; scissors, rock, paper to decide on thing or another. Recently, while in Oman [Middle East] I ventured zobbing as a means of deciding something among a group of Omanis and Foreigners. The faces of the Omanis were aghast at my suggestion. I found out that zobbing was sexual activity in Oman. I was mortified!

ABC News North Coast
24 Apr 2010

Brian McFadden is Dreadful

Pip of Sydney Posted at 8:00 AM Today
Not an original sound - could have been any male singing that song and it would have sounded the same. Can't for the life of me understand how it got No.1. Try something else next time Mr McFadden.

Pixie of Kingscliff NSW Posted at 7:12 AM Today
He might have everything, but his foul mouth is no example to set for the kids....his attack on his ex wife on twitter was deplorable and embarrasing, this is one person that should go back to the UK where he belongs.

Adrian Caoimh of Tabulam NSW Posted at 6:38 AM Today
It's dreadful! So is he!

Sydney's Daily Telegraph employs dud Dean Ritchie

Who tort Dean Ritchie to rite English? This bloke is bloody hopeless. Few refers to numbers while less refers to amount. For example: few people eat less sugar. Got it, Dino?

Daily Telegraph
22 Apr 2010

Dean Ritchie of Sydney's Telegraph ignores rules of English ... again!

Here we go again with errant English. Revert means to return or to go back. It is ludicrous to write 'revert back' as this tautological nonsense only shows the writer's lack of knowledge of our language. All journalists [sic] should display the rudiments of grammar and spelling and have a modicum of respect for their readers. Dean Ritchie, whoever he is, should learn English.

Daily Telegraph
22 Apr 2010

Referees and Pathetic English

I quote: 'The NRL statement continued: "Finch today also announced that the referees’ interpretation of the advantage rule would revert back to the discretion of the referees ..." '
This is typical of the standard of the NRL in that even the English is pathetic. Tautological nonsense in that one cannot revert forward...therefore, as anyone with an ounce of English knowledge can attest, the word 'revert' stands alone and does not require a directional adverb.
Poor English; poor refereeing, poor judgement.

Daily Telegraph
20 Apr 2010

GALLOP IS KILLING RUGBY LEAGUE IN OZ

Gallop is not a football player. He is a lawyer. I have been calling for his sacking for three years as it's his responsibility for our [I repeat ... OUR] game, and if he took his responsibility seriously, other than a mere bank deposit, he would have done something about referees. As Gus Gould repeated ad nauseum on Sunday, the game is not about referees, but about players and us who watch the game.

Daily Telegraph
20 Apr 2010

Pig faced mole is a pig faced moll, Brian McFadden

'Pig faced mole'? Typically dull and uneducated bloke who doesn't know the difference between 'mole' and 'moll'. We Aussies try to insult our women by calling them 'molls' [prostitutes ... after Moll Flanders] but in effect, we pronounce the word 'mole' [earth-burrowing creature]. McFadden has a long way to go before he can call himself a fair dinkum Aussie.

Daily Telegraph
19 Apr 2010

CHINA ACTS LIKE A DILL

Heck! I didn't know about Kadeer and the Dalai and I didn't care until the China Daily brought it to my attention. And, despite the futile attempt to get me riled, I still don't care about these two nobodies! Grow up, China. You are acting like a proper dill!

China Daily
18 Apr 2010

Chinese English

It is interesting that Chinese English is by far grammatically more logical than the English that struggles in uncertainty in Australia, Britain and, of course, in the United States. Chinese teachers of English have a far better understanding of the logic of English grammar than their counter-parts in the West. It is distressing when one hears Chinese taking on the ludicrous aspects of English simply because they originate in the West.

China Daily
16 Apr 2010

Racism in Oz

Don't be obviously naive or ingenuous...we all know that by calling President Obama this Liberal was being racist. He could have called Obama a donkey but he chose that racist epithet 'monkey' which we all know is a racist term of abuse.

Telegraph
16 Apr 2010

Dread the Dreadful QANTAS

I totally agree with Ms Rowland. Qantas is indeed a shirty airline and its crews are the worst in the business.....rude, uncaring, contemptuous of passengers, involved in their own personal social lives which they display in loud voices across the cabin ...every time I flew with Qantas this was the same story...until four years ago when I became determined never never never to fly Qantas again.
Qantas is almost as despicable as Cathay Pacific.

Telegraph
16 Apr 2010

United States of China

What is gasoline? Is it petrol? Why not call it petrol? Oh ... I see... it is because China is fast becoming the United States of China. Will the RMB soon become the dollar? I read that China wants to get rid of English words to prevent Chinese from being degraded. Isn't this silly use of the word 'gasoline' doing just that?

China Daily
14 Apr 2010

UGLY CHINA

There we go again! The Chinese skipper damages the Reef and the China Daily blames the Australians. Not a word of apology. No! Just condemnation of Australia. No wonder the world is waking to the ugly China.

China Daily
14 Apr 2010

Kings Cross for Mean Queens

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Paranoia and Anxiety in China

The fact that you didn't print my comment only reinforces my message in that you Chinese are paranoid. It is as simple as that! And you don't have a need to be paranoid. It is a mental disease which has grabbed China by the throat and is strangling you all.

China Daily
11 Apr 2010

CHINA'S PARANOIA IS UNNECESSARY

CHINA'S ACUTE PARANOIA IS EXHIBITED IN THE WAY IT FEARS SOME PRIEST WHO WANDERS THE WORLD IN HIS ROBE OF POLITICAL SANCTITY. THIS PARANOIA FEEDS CHINA'S ANXIETY WHICH FEEDS PARANOIA. CHINA THINKS THE WORLD IS HOSTILE. IT THUS BEHAVES IS A MOST LUDICROUS FASHION WHICH BRINGS ON FURTHER WORLD CRITICISM WHICH AGAIN, IN TURN, FEEDS CHINA'S PARANOIA. JUST READ MANY OF THE COMMENTS IN THIS NEWS MEDIUM AND YOU WILL CLEARLY WITNESS THIS ANXIETY, THIS PARANOIA, WHICH ALIENATES MANY OF US FOR WHOM CHINA REMAINS A GREAT BASTION OF WORLD CULTURE AND PHILOSOPHY. UNDER MAO, CHINA WAS NOT PARANOID. IT STOOD PROUDLY AND DIDN'T GIVE A HOOT WHAT THE REST OF THE WORLD THOUGHT. NOW, CHINA IS ALMOST GROVELLING TO THE WEST, ESPECIALLY THE USA. THIS IN TURN PROMOTES CHINA'S ANXIETY AND IN TURN ITS PARANOIA.
ALL CHINA HAS TO DO IS TO STOP WORRYING ABOUT THE POLITICAL PRIEST; TO REALISE IT HAS MILLIONS OF FRIENDS INTERNATIONALLY, AND TO COME TO TERMS WITH DIFFERING OPINIONS. NOT ALL CPC DECISIONS ARE RIGHT AND NOT ALL POLITBURO PEOPLE ARE INFALLIBLE.

CHINA DAILY
10 APR 2010

America's Bullying Might

I am trying to remember a time since WW2 when America was not at war with some other country. And what's worse is that the US always tries to drag other nations into its war ... as allies! The so-called 'united front' ... 'coalition of the willing', or some other tinpot name. If it's not Iran or Iraq or Syria or North Korea or ... it'll be some not so strong country, unable to withstand America's bullying might.

China Daily
8 Apr 2010

Rugby League Referees are Hopeless!!!!!

Des Hasler is right. The referees of NRL are too prone to costly mistakes. To put referees on the same pedestal as Court Judges is to deny justice its place in our system. If we cannot criticise they who make our game of Rugby League the joke that it has become then what's the point? Frankly, they are hopeless! They seem not to understand the nature of the game.

Daily Telegraph
Apr 8, 2010

Jessica Watson: Aussie of the Century

This is our Aussie of the Century! I would vote for her to be our PM. I would vote for her to be Pope! I would even vote for her to be my next-door neighbour , and that's a HUGE vote of confidence.

Daily Telegraph
Apr 8, 2010

China will fall prey to insidious malady of capitalism

I am not moved. Such wealth is accumulated at the expense of someone else. The Chinese have a point which buries itself into the heart of lurid capitalism. But then, China itself will fall prey to this insidious malady and ...

The Australian
7 Apr 2010

Selfish and arrogant China

The Chinese ship has the chance of causing extreme damage to the Great Barrier Reef and to Australian coastal waters. The ship went into the reef at full speed, 15 km outside the regulation reef channel. This is immensely damaging to the environment. The reef is World heritage. And all the China Daily can print is an account of crew and comfort. What a reflection on China! Is this what China is like? Selfish and arrogant?

China Daily
5 Mar 2010