They sure do know about it. In fact, the media here really jumped on the story, mainly discussing whether London will be safe during the Olympics. The riots have tarnished the image of England in the eyes of many Chinese in my opinion, as many people think it's really dangerous and disorderly there now.

We r used to have riots. It happens.

My boss asked me what's my plan for National Holiday, I said I might go to Tibet, and he said don't u need a visa~ He is here for 3years!!!

Not, u don't need a visa to go to Tibet.

And then he said it's dangerous.

What I say is, not really that many Chinese will think London is dangerous. Europe is still the safest part in the world.

Know what? That the barbarians now have free reign to loot and pillage the old imperial capital at will? The only thing it shows is how far the west has fallen.

As a general rule of thumb, you can pretty much bet that if there's a disaster of some sort, unrest, etc in the western world, it will appear in the Chinese media.

There's this news channel here, I forget which one, where half the report is spent extolling the numerous improvements in China, the second half is done reporting disasters in the western world. The third world too, though that's a little more contentious.

My girlfriend told me about it. She'd said it was like that every single report of every night. I didn't believe her until I actually had the chance to sit down and watch it for myself. If anyone knows which channel and the name of the report, do say.

They know, not that they give a shit about it but they know.