China sex blogger reveals all

A “ChinaBounder” sex blogger has revealed his identity to the The Guardian in the UK.

The anonymous British blogger, who wrote about his sexual escapades with Chinese women for two years, now plans to publish a controversial new book.

David Marriot, who claims to be an Oxbridge graduate, sparked a cyberspace manhunt after he set up a blog where he posted entries boasting of his many and varied carnal encounters with the women of Shanghai.

Using the name ChinaBounder, the self-styled western Lothario, sparked outrage among the men of Shanghai with his graphic descriptions of his success with Chinese women.

The online campaign drew over 17,000 visitors and Marriot was threatened with murder and castration by conservative Chinese claiming he had blackened their country's good name.

However, although he was thought to be an English teacher in his thirties his cover was never completely blown.

Now he has decided to reveal his identity in a publicity attempt for his new book, Fault Lines on the Face of China: 50 Reasons Why China May Never Be Great.

The book itself will add further insult to Chinese injury as it dismisses their country's attempts to tout itself as a global force.

The self-confessed Casanova also said he had written his sexlog as a "mental purge and colonic for my sexual adventures" and in an attempt to secure his "fifteen minutes of fame".

Backpacker vans ditch sexist slogans

A campervan company in Australia has agreed to ditch sexist slogans aimed at the backpacker market.

The Advertising Standards Board has upheld complaints over slogans painted on the company's vehicles, some of which The Wrap will keep to itself.

Advertising Standards Bureau chief executive officer Alison Abernethy said Wicked Campers would remove the slogans which the board deemed offensive.

"The board considered the slogans to be misogynistic and demeaning to women and that they served to commodify women and could not be considered humorous or acceptable," Ms Abernethy said.

Queensland Premier Anna Bligh was among the complainants and last week she lodged a further complaint over the slogan "Save a Whale - Harpoon a Jap" which she labelled racist.

"The advertiser has listened to community concerns and will remove the slogans which are causing offence," Ms Abernethy said.

Revenge of the Scots

A popular Scottish tourist attraction provoked outrage by banning English visitors and destroying “English” items such as bone china and the works of Shakespeare.

The Edinburgh Dungeon said the one-day event is in revenge for the Battle of Falkirk, fought 710 years ago July 21, at which the Auld Enemy slaughtered more than 2,000 Scots.

English visitors will only be allowed entry if they sign a scroll swearing allegiance to Scotland, while those from other countries will be encouraged to bring in items deemed 'typically English’ to be smashed.

The attraction, which is visited by 200,000 people per year, insisted the measures were a fitting tribute to the Scots soldiers who were killed and their leader, William Wallace.

But, says the UK Telegraph Online, it faces a growing backlash from English tourists appalled that they were being singled out for something that happened so long ago.

King Edward I, known as the Hammer of the Scots, decided to crush them in revenge for Wallace’s victory at Stirling Bridge in 1297 and assembled a massive army of more than 20,000 men.

In the battle, on July 22 1298, Wallace’s army of only around 6,000 men was destroyed by Edward’s longbows, although at the cost of almost 2,000 English casualties.