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EW - a friend of mine and a regular audience of this blog - asks me to grumble less on Chinese history (and probably philosophy) and talk more on my friendly encounters with extra-terrestrials.

Well, I begin to understand the difficulty of those editors of our local papers. Is it more important to know the progress of the snow storm in China, Kosovo's independence, election in Pakistan, the crocodile's tear of Hillary, or these suspected famous women doing all the suspicious things ? For the owners of these media, they are out to make money, and the answer is obvious.

But there is no need to be too cynical. For many of those around, they would not give a penny for the paper unless there are all foggy – and partially covered – pictures on the front page. They would never know what's happening in Hunan or Balkan if they have to pay. So let's put all these under the cover of salt and spices.

PS. As an outdated man I like Frank Sinatra, especially his masterpiece <My Way>.