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  Topic: stale dimsum
Pinkerton

Replies: 8
Views: 921

PostForum: Viewpoints   Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 2:25 am   Subject: stale dimsum
"If you want to discuss anything interesting then trolls turn up to beat you down and have to have the last word."

Are my ears burning?

I think 'interesting' has to be also logical and ...
  Topic: Who runs China?
Pinkerton

Replies: 10
Views: 3066

PostForum: Viewpoints   Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 6:04 am   Subject: Who runs China?
[quote]Wonder what is waiting in the shadows for you ???[/quote]

A winning lottery ticket? Joking aside, that is actually a very insightful question and far too clever for me. I'll have to ask so ...
  Topic: Who runs China?
Pinkerton

Replies: 10
Views: 3066

PostForum: Viewpoints   Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 2:42 am   Subject: Taxi for Penfeather
There's a nice white coat waiting for you with matching straps.
  Topic: The new Opium
Pinkerton

Replies: 4
Views: 1239

PostForum: Viewpoints   Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 3:34 pm   Subject: The new Opium
If Chinese people don't use the betting shops, they will close due to lack of business. As there are increasing numbers, that must mean there are plenty of gamblers. Supply and demand. (Same logic ...
  Topic: Chinese police shut down country's first gay pageant
Pinkerton

Replies: 3
Views: 1648

PostForum: Viewpoints   Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 1:41 pm   Subject: Really?
@ Edwina

I defer to your expertise in this matter. However,

1, Can you provide some evidence that 'gayness' accompanies class A drug use. A bloke in the pub told me that investment banking ac ...
  Topic: language
Pinkerton

Replies: 4
Views: 1022

PostForum: Ask Dimsum!   Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 3:31 pm   Subject: language
You know what a stupid question deserves?
  Topic: 60th anniversary of New China
Pinkerton

Replies: 9
Views: 801

PostForum: Culture   Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 1:36 pm   Subject: 60th anniversary of New China
@ Edwina Lee - I'll have one of what you're drinking.

I enjoyed seeing the girls marching in short skirts.
  Topic: Whats the Han perspective on Xinjiang Uighur
Pinkerton

Replies: 2
Views: 1314

PostForum: Viewpoints   Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 3:06 am   Subject: Whats the Han perspective on Xinjiang Uighur
Nadine

I'm not putting myself forward for this, but having just spent two weeks in Xinjiang province, 'objective and balanced' in relation to the situation there is in very short supply indeed. Ha ...
  Topic: Racism Towards UK Chinese People - A Sensible Debate Please
Pinkerton

Replies: 20
Views: 6180

PostForum: Viewpoints   Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 11:52 am   Subject: Racism Towards UK Chinese People - A Sensible Debate Please
@ Jeff Minter

I work in China. If people are coming here for a longer-term job (the employment laws here offer much less protection than in the UK), more stable environment (maybe not in Xinjiang ...
  Topic: Racism Towards UK Chinese People - A Sensible Debate Please
Pinkerton

Replies: 20
Views: 6180

PostForum: Viewpoints   Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 1:54 pm   Subject: Racism Towards UK Chinese People - A Sensible Debate Please
I know racism exists in the UK and everywhere else for that matter, but let me give an alternative - perhaps overly positive - view.

From what i can see, in the UK increasing numbers of adults an ...
  Topic: ABSENCE OF CHINESE INFLUENCE.
Pinkerton

Replies: 6
Views: 833

PostForum: Culture   Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 12:22 pm   Subject: ABSENCE OF CHINESE INFLUENCE.
I was going to write a piece very similar to dommii's but not quite as eloquent.

I was born in the UK to Chinese parents. I now work in China and am trying to learn Mandarin in my spare time hav ...
 
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