The envoys engaged before were of a different nature altogether. They were unpaid and worked from their own offices. No one has made any mention that they had any diplomatic status.

Could we be told whether Mrs Mizzi and her office will enjoy diplomatic status and immunity? If in the affirmative, is there the agreement of the other countries in which she will be operating? Will she be accountable to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and what will be her relationship to our ambassador in Beijing?

Let’s just assume they consensually got rid of each other.

I still cannot fathom why I had to get involved.

Maybe it’s because of taghna lkoll.

You’re not missing anything. In Shanghai you can get run over on a pedestrian crossing even when the signals are on for cars to stop.

Forget your privacy on the internet in China. There’s the Great Firewall of China which will tell you that some website which you tried to enter is forbidden and if you still want to enter it, send an email explaining why you want to access it.

I’ve seen workers being sent ‘home’ without pay because there was a power cut. I know of others working for a Maltese clothing company who didn’t get any wages for a whole three months. They have no sick leave.

I’ve seen a driver who was a member of the Communist Party, humiliating his manager who was an engineer and delaying our travelling plans by his actions.

They voted for change and found instead that they had voted to get Mrs Konrad Mizzi a job, home and salary back home in Shanghai.

I wish I lived in Shanghai, it’s an exciting city.

Dumping of Chinese PVs on the European market:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24327405