How British Chinese restaurants’ Chinese names can hide witty messages and clever wordplay

Most of the time, understanding dish names requires some level of fluency in Chinese, though not always. But what happens when names get lost in translation on their way to English? Chinese restaurant Chow in Glasgow, Scotland, has a colloquial phrase as a Chinese name that means “be there or be square”, or “see you … Read more

Report lodged over ‘toxic pollution’ from Tawau gold mine

KOTA KINABALU: A police report has been lodged over alleged toxic waste pollution at the controversial gold mine in Sabah’s east coast Tawau district. Acting Tawau police chief Supt Champin Piuh confirmed that the report was lodged on Monday (March 4) morning by an employee of the company which owns the land at Bukit Mintri … Read more