How are the English and Chinese languages used and viewed in China? And why do Chinese users of English get it wrong — expressions, spelling, all?

The infamous went super loud today in the form of SHOUTY ALL CAPS TWEETS. SO HERE'S A SHOUTY LOOK AT MY BIGGEST CHINA GRIEVANCES TO DATE. (PLANES, CARS, PIZZA, ENGLISH.)

The KTV microphone is big in town. They're also everywhere as in KTV boxes as of late. But not everyone — certainly not many expats — are into them...

David always gets the days wrong (sometimes!) so here's something calendar-related... oh and also very much China-related...

Jingjinji? That's what you get when you mix and match the Chinese abbreviations for the northern Chinese cities and provinces of Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei! Talking trains and regional integration plans.

Should you drive in Beijing? And in this stop-and-go traffic, should your set of wheels have an automatic or manual gearbox?...

When China, the World Cup, France, Sweden, and the trains mix and match...

Sunday Trading in Beijing, London, and Switzerland... and how it can really dent your day if you're unprepared...

666 and Friday the 13th are disliked in the West, whereas Chinese lifts lack a 4th or 14th floor. Learn more about the best and worst numbers in these two cultures.

Move away from the big cities! We take a very brief look at Western Beijing and the Greener parts where there used to be some coal mining...

Just under a month from now Beijing-Tianjin intercity trains will run faster... hopefully to the benefit of Tianjin, missing out on development!

Coming to you from a very, very wet Beijing... in mid-summer, we are more in Deluge Mode than you'd think..