My own opinion is that we should move away a bit from being just a romance forum.
There are not many men looking to date and marry foreigners from Asia. That might be due to forums like this where the pitfalls and drawbacks in trying to get the wives into their own countries have been well documented and that coupled with the western worlds economic position, could be off putting to anyone thinking of starting.
That is why I think that this should be more to do with other aspect of life and not just romance. This forum was opened up to romance in the Phillipines many months ago and in that time has there been one entry other than from Martin who has made the transition for China to that country.
This forum will die a natural death if left to just romance. The agencies that operate attached to China Love are no longer keen to pay the price as they are now concentrating on Chinese to Chinese liasions and by passing foreigners. Those men I meet when travelling through Hong Kong airport nowadays are not interested in romance they go on to asian countries with one thing in mind, SEX.
There are more than a million foreigners living and working in China and we should be looking to them to increase the general knowledge.
What do others think? Maybe I am in a minority but I say drop the Love from our title and widen the asperations to Living, Loving and Labouring (as in working).
As for 'Joe's attack' I have no idea of his motives but I found a few years ago that ranting on a a pseudo anti american program was a good way of making this forum more lively.
Can I make a suggestion as to postings. They are much easier to read and take in the contents off if they are spaced out in paragraphs for different aspects of a posting. This was something that China Shark was never able to accomplish and how anyone got through some of his long diatribes amazed me.
Willy