Before leaving we were received by Premier Chou in Chungnanhai, the Central People’s Government offices.… IN SUMMER 1957 at the beginning of the anti-Rightist campaign the Premier called a meeting with people in literature and art, again in Chungnanhai.

The Matchmaking Festival provided social events for these lonely-hearted pilgrims, and allowed local personages to keep undesirables away from their daughters.

But with FF seat losses by the dozen all over the country, the Portillo moments were stacked on several levels, like a good tin of biscuits.

Shall I call your vader then? He's a most accomplished stepper. He can show you how to dance.