I'm still reading Never Despair Winston S. Churchill 1945-1965 by Martin Gilbert. It is a bible-sized book, albeit the print is slightly bigger, and it will take me a while yet. Recently I've come across an interesting chapter. This section of interesting stuff starts on Page 619. Interesting to me, and those Brits and others on the EU side of the Brexit-argument, I've found more compelling evidence to answer the question: " Would Winston Churchill have been in favour of Britain being in the EU?" . Of course, I believe the answer (certainly after the War) was that he would have been in favour. Ike Eisenhower made a speech at the English Speaking Union Dinner on July 3, 1951. Churchill was there. Churchill didn't actually hear the speech well enough at the time, but read it's transcript the following day. He was ecstatic when he did. Eisenhower and Churchill The relevant text, of the above mentioned book, is as follows; " ...So pleased wa
I also saw this http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/ten-things-never-to-do-in-china.html which references China, "Gifts are exchanged frequently between the Chinese, and not just on special occasions. If you have dinner in someone's house to meet a prospective business partner or for any other pre-arranged meeting, both parties commonly exchange gifts as small tokens of friendship and good will. Westerners are often surprised at the number of gifts the Chinese hosts give. The general rule of thumb is to bring many little (gender non-specific) gifts when you travel to China. You never know when you'll meet someone who wants to present you with a special memento.."
ReplyDeleteGood to know, and one to remember as one day a big China trip is in order.