Our children are FaceTime’ing their way through Roblox playdates, they’re texting grandma and grandpa, they’re watching YouTube instead of TV, and they’re begging for too-adult apps like Snapchat – so they can play with the face filters – and Musical.ly, which has a lot of inappropriate content.

Conforming to Betteridge’s law of headlines, the answer is no — or at least, not yet.

They traveled from Lao-ho-k’ou to Hankow and recorded the number of boats they saw within fifteen to thirty minutes after leaving each place except the last part of the journey from Hsien-t’ao-chen 仙桃鎮 to Hankow.]

From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts.