Yeah I mean what British people call the middle pockets and Americans call side pockets - normally I don't mind using American nomenclature, but I if I'm looking from the top of the table all 6 pockets are at the side, and if I'm looking from the side of the table, the ones you call the side pocket are the only ones that aren't at the side, makes no sense to me to call them side pockets.
I find the straight cut of the knuckles/jaws on American tables harder to pot into than the angled cut on a snooker style pocket, can definitely cut balls into the middle/side pockets from more extreme angles on a UK pool or snooker table than you can on an American table. Not played on a Chinese table, but given it's the same shape of pockets I presume it's true there too.
