Monthly Archives: November 2016

Taxis

In China, you have the highly regulated taxi service (think black cabs in London), and then you have the wild-west that is private hire. I am not sure whether it is legal for private hire to accept hailings, but just … Continue reading

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Country not available..?

So much for trying to find some electrical plugs.. Admittedly electrical plugs are not the sort of thing normally bought through such a site, but it happens that the Chinese CPCS-CCC and the New Zealand NZS 3112 are compatible with … Continue reading

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Engrish

Whatever you think of cultural imperialism, English rules supreme and any city that wants to consider itself global will accommodate English speakers. However, this doesn’t mean the English is good, even in places that really should know better. In Hong … Continue reading

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