Well, the message finally came: BritBox received a ticket, an itinerary, and a big bottle of Imodium. How exciting, a ten day trip to visit the other side of the world! It turns out that the People's Republic of China, despite incredible advances in industrial output as well as raising its citizens standard of living, has suddenly realized that it is missing an element crucial to its continued growth and prosperity: BritBox.

China may have a huge population and an overheated economy, but none of that means anything without content that is informative, entertaining, and annoying. That's where BritBox enters the frame. Who else would you turn to if you were trying to haul your huge Communist nation all the way up to the lofty plateau of International Coolness?

Look, BritBox does not judge; BritBox certainly does not have a political agenda. BritBox does not even know what dogma means, unless it has something to do with pet grooming, maybe. It seems pretty obvious that improvements in human rights and living conditions start with a better wage and a better standard of living, right? Cable TV is next, and democracy cannot be far behind.

When the phone rings in the middle of the night, and the tickets and whatnot arrive by courier the next day, well, there is not a lot of choice in the matter. It's about Duty, Service, and Honor.

A side note: most of BritBox's clothing, shoes, luggage, wristwatch, camera, electronic devices, and other sundry items were made in China.

This is kind of like going home.