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Way In

Lightning reaction

Strike one

A financial dispute between friends in Fujian Province in eastern China appears to have been settled by the most decisive arbitrator on record.

Three years ago, allegedly, a man called Xu borrowed 500 yuan (about £40) from his close friend Huang, in Fuqing City (a name which Way In is almost but not quite mature enough to pass over without comment). When Huang ...

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