Buddhism's authentic history in China begins in 65 A.C. when Ming Ti (second Emperor of the East Han dynasty) sent a mission to the western regions to find out more about a great religion that originated in India but took root in China. The emperor's emissaries returned from Khotan in six years with Buddhist monks, classics (sutras) and ikons.

The Serbs from Belgrade argued that the colonization had injected artificially Croatian influence, while the Croats complained of Serbinization, as the colonists originated mainly from the Krajina.

Each cru has an official quality rating on a scale of 100: Grand cru vineyards all rate 100, and premier cru vineyards rank from 90 to 99 points.

At the end of the line nearest the Arch, under a flary light, stood an old bearded man having the look on his face of a kindly but somewhat irritated moo-cow.