Will Nauru be the last country to get Coronavirus? We don’t know, but we’ve decided to rip-off a much more serious article and ask the same question. Have you ever heard of the Republic of Nauru? Nauru is the second smallest UN country (don’t get me started over what counts as a country) after Monaco,…
With the recent success of the Chinese keeping the Coronavirus well under control, there has been an increase in xenophobic comments made online with foreigners being blamed for reintroducing COVID-19 back into mainland China. Foreigners have since been banned from entering China until further announcements. A comic strip has been shared on WeChat over the…
African ex-pats in China are not having the easiest time in Guangzhou after numerous racist incidents occurring. The most recent event is that of an African man being denied entry into a Mcdonald’s in the city of Guangzhou, Guangdong province. As he entered the store a staff member handed him a notice reading “We’ve been…
Many say the war on drugs is simply unwinnable. As governments increase measures and tactics to combat the flow of drugs, pushers simply create more ingenious ways to work around them. A prime example of this is the infamous drug Krokodil, the users of which can often be seen lying on the ground in bad…
Dictator Swagger:On This Day April 15, 1912 – Pyongyang, Korea: Kim Il Sung, the man who would become North Korea’s Great Leader, is born Kim Song Ju during the Japanese colonial occupation of Korea. In the 1920s, Kim’s family relocated to Manchuria to either escape famine (non-North Korean history) or take part in revolutionary activities…
Today April 15th marks the anniversary of the death of Pol Pot, one of the most notorious leaders of the 20th century, and architect of one of the biggest genocides in history. Born in 1925 as Saloth Sar, he enjoyed a privileged upbringing, which included relations with the rural family of Cambodia, attending the best…
Who remembers rate my poo? The original scatological rating site? It was in the Sudanese desert when a friend turned round and in his Louisiana drawl said “any y’all remember rate my poo”? Those of us of a certain age all replied that yes, indeed, we remembered rate my poo, and remembered it well. The…
Heard of coronavirus, or as the cool kids say COVID-19? Here are our top 7 coronavirus photos. Oh, it only seems like yesterday that everyone was laughing at us here in China, what with our face-masks, and being quarantined! Well, my word hasn’t the world changed. Please understand this is far from a flippant blog,…