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...Outside this one lies the landing gear of a US C-46 aeroplane, one of hundreds that crashed here while flying supplies to Chiang Kai-shek’s China during the second world war....
...When Peter Wong Man-kong died unexpectedly on Monday, he vacated eight directorships at listed companies in Hong Kong. These were not small businesses....
...When Chiang Kai-shek went to America, he described himself as “Generalissimo”. I wonder how a pope would describe his occupation....
...Selections by Peter Aspden … STYLE Peter Beard , by Nejma Beard, Owen Edwards and Steven Aronson, Taschen, RRP£44.99 From a young age, photographer Beard kept illustrated diaries....
...In later years he devoted much of his energy to environmental issues, spurred on when Sir Peter Scott invited him on to the board of the World Wildlife Fund UK....
...His father had been a successful textile manufacturer, while his uncle was a leading light in the army of Chiang Kai-shek during the latter’s fight against Mao in the murderous civil war of 1927-49....
...You Never Give Me Your Money: The Battle for the Soul of The Beatles By Peter Doggett Bodley Head, £18.99 Peter Doggett follows the money in his engrossing history of the Fabs’ acrimonious business relationships...
...Professor Peter Hennessy of London University says it is like a replay of 2001, when Tony Blair , UK prime minister, tried – and failed – to abolish the post of lord chancellor....
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