21 JANUARY 1989, page 29

China

The pedallers and the pedlars Mark Swallow h e guest of honour at a wedding in the Chinese countryside must toast the groom three times, the bride three times and the groom's......

Trouble With The Tangerine Dream

Rebecca Nicolson T a . ngier is not what it was. An interna- tional zone for the first half of the century, the city thrived on cosmopolitan gossip and Intrigue. Smart society......