I think the Chinese are pretty red-faced, and it has nothing to do with their communist ideology.
From the New York Times:
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From the Washington Post:
Chinese state television thinks Susan Rice is Condoleezza Rice
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Rule, Britannia or Rue, Britannia?
Of greater concern than just a name mix-up is the possibility of Scotland going its own way. The Washington Post asks this very pertinent question:
Would Britons be British without Scotland?
The Straits Times was, however, quite insensitive with this rather gleeful headline (or was it taking sides?) for a summary:
That said, the actual story that ST carried had a very good headline, playing on fears that the British pound would be hit:
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Moving on to local stories...
Ask the wrong questions, and he'll give you these answers!
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| ST, Sept 9 |
This is a social benefits package that costs $8 billion. So the question should be: Let's have more details of the income/wealth distributions of the 450,000 PG-ers.
If this expert is asking all the right questions, people should pay attention!
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| ST, Sept 9 |
Game-changer... a very apt choice of word!
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| ST, Sept 9 |
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Finally, on the humour front, this came from Lee Huang:
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