The Chinese authorities issued some dos and don'ts to their citizens who go on overseas holidays. The world's media had a field day reporting the news:
http://news.insing.com/feature/no-nose-picking-china-chides-its-unruly-tourists/id-d12e3101
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Meanwhile, in international news, China 1, US 0 (as far as Southeast Asia is concerned)...
Red carpet? But of course... what other colour for the leader of the world's biggest communist country?
Hmmm... based on the second paragraph, shouldn't the intro be: "Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to take his country's ties with Indonesia to new heights and new depths..."?
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Shutdown buzzword: Furloughed
Be honest: did you really know what this word means? For that matter, did the sub-editors who went through the wire story above know its meaning? If they did, they would have provided a brief explanation. Well, thanks to TIME, here it is, together with a list of other "shutdown buzzwords":
What’s a Furlough?: TIME Explains Government Shutdown Buzzwords
http://swampland.time.com/2013/10/02/whats-a-furlough-time-explains-government-shutdown-buzzwords/
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Singapore's very own 'Tay Tarik'
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Nice headline... but maybe choose a picture without the socks!
(how to pull up any more?)
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Finally, a very creatively invented phrase... 'revenge porn'!
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