Is this jasmine tea?

In the pen beside him is Jasmine.

Jasmine has been his mate for some time.

Lucky for you he calls at all, said Jasmine.

They're all common ones Chinese jasmine, Japanese sencha, Earl Grey and a special blend that we prepared.

But on this particular occasion, it was very, very clear that as horny as Suki was, Jasmine was having none of it.

PARIS Tunisia s Jasmine Revolution is still unfolding, but we can already read into it lessons about democracy and democratization that extend far beyond the Maghreb.

Indeed, the Jasmine Revolution embodies all the tenets of the liberal political order that the West has been advocating since the Atlantic Charter of 1941 a yearning for freedom, opportunity, and the rule of law. Moreover, Tunisia s revolution was indigenous, not imported as part of some forcible regime change.

But the message of Tunisia s Jasmine Revolution rings loud and clear democracy and the liberal political order in which it is rooted is not merely a Western concept (or a Western conspiracy), but holds universal attraction, powered by the craving for recognition. Moreover, it can be accessed at an early stage of a country s modernization.

In response to calls by some overseas Chinese for people to gather on Sundays at specific sites in Shanghai and Beijing to help launch a molihua (jasmine) revolution, China has revealed a new strategy preemptively flood the protest designated squares with police to leave no room for protesters. More importantly, as the world s leader in stringent, real time censorship of electronic communications, China is strongly placed to block any Arab contagion from reaching its shores.