'Yeah, when we're dead,' says Zan. 'Life is drama, little bruth.' 'Zannah, please,' says Dom. 'Upstairs.' 'Mum, why can't I stay?' 'Suzannah. We very rarely ask you to—' 'Uh-oh. Dad's full-naming me. It must be serious. All right, I'm going.'

There was something dramatic and theatrical in the very funeral ceremonies with which Demetrius was honored.

The wall poster, put up on Changan Street in Peiping on March, declared that the Chinese Communist regime should actively promote democracy, especially the democratic system formulated by Dr. Sun Yat-sen.]

January/February Lantern Festival. Nationwide celebration marking the end of the Chinese New Year festivities that varies from area to area but reliably includes fireworks, paper lanterns, lion and dragon dances. It is especially picturesque in Pingsi, where paper lanterns are launched into the sky and in Yanshuei near Chiayi where huge fireworks the size of trucks are part of the fun.