bout de papier, Volume 4, Issue No. 2, 1986
Christian Sarrazin (1949–2017)
In Zurich, on September 18, 2017, surrounded by his family, Christian Sarrazin passed away peacefully of a rare neurological disease.
China Takeaways
When I signed up for a posting to China back in 1999, there was still a debate going on. One of my favourite writers on the subject, Joe Studwell, pointed out that there is a long line of merchants from the days…
A Tale of Two More Cities (Part I)
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, to coin a phrase. The head of the Centre, Hamish MacBannoch, came out of the closet. (He wasn’t gay, he just got lost there one day while looking for his…
Shanghaied Again!!
The Puzzle Ace logician LDC Liebnitz burst into the office of the Centre’s archivist, Dryan Tweedie, his vigorous entrance raising clouds of dust from the shelves and cabinets that flanked his friend’s desk. “Tweedie,” he said urgently, “I need your help on…
Bicycles in Shanghai
by Richard Belliveau
Bruce Rankin: Looking Back
Bruce Rankin joined the Foreign Service in 1945 after serving with the Royal Canadian Navy in the Pacific and the Atlantic during the Second World War. He served in Sydney, Shanghai, Canberra, Bombay, Madrid, Berne, New York, Caracas and Tokyo. In the…
