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Monthly Archives: May 2015
Grabbing the future
Tomorrow is my younger grandson’s 1st birthday, a time for fun and rejoicing at having this special little chap in our family. Alas, because we live in China and he lives in India, we will not be with him on … Continue reading
Posted in Museums, Recipes, Uncategorized
Tagged birthday ceremony, Chinese customs, First birthday, homonyms, predicting the future, zhuazhou
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Oh we do like to be beside the seaside! – especially the Cote d’Azur!
Company outings never sound much fun do they? A few coaches (char-a-bancs as they used to be called in the UK) picked you up and you start off with a sing-song as you headed to Brighton or Blackpool for a … Continue reading
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Tagged company holiday, generous boss, Li Jinyuan, mass holiday, mass visit to France, Tiens Group
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Waving a Little Red App
Funny how history seems to repeat itself – often in the most unexpected way. Way back in January 1964 the first copies of a book called ‘The Quotations of Chairman Mao Tse-tung’ were published. The book became known as ‘The … Continue reading
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