That’s a headline style called the “noun pile”, at which the BBC excels. This one is tame by their standards (but I agree it’s jarring to put “China” and “Man”

That’s a headline style called the “noun pile”, at which the BBC excels. This one is tame by their standards (but I agree it’s jarring to put “China” and “Man” together that way). The Language Log describes them here: http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=1206 http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=1206 And lots more examples: http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?cat=277 http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?cat=277 Choice examples: “China Ferrari sex orgy death crash” “Brighton photo studio jobs misery”