E L Davey

Chinese Underwear; the Ageing Sonny Crockett

I was hanging a bit of washing the other day when it struck me. What we've actually done is to bring the proverbial coals to Newcastle. Two suitcases packed with labels proclaiming "made in China". All...

A Delusionary Life in China

Most foreigners fall in love with China and all its “charms”. Indeed, I must put my handup to having had a brief affair with the country from when we arrived early last October to, um, let me think now…..about...

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Iranians in China become more Visible than Countable

These things often start, not with a statistic, but with a voice; Persian heard in a lift, a WeChat...

Why Chinese Men Can’t Quit; Smoking, Face and the State

China has 300 million smokers, nearly a third of the world's total. The imbalance between the sexes is stark:...

US Dept of Justice Says Nanjing Firm Hacked NASA, Senate & More

A sharp new cyber case has put a Nanjing company at the centre of a much wider political row....

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