He commended the high educational achievements of Chinese British pupils, however highlighted his worries with the "persistent" under achievements of black Caribbean and black African pupils.
The formal investigation into Pamela's death was buried, first by the perpetrators, then the Chinese and British authorities and lastly in the chaos of a protracted war.
The permanent collection, which will be exhibited whole again in 2003, includes British portraiture from the 15th to 18th centuries, Neapolitan art from the late Renaissance, Chinese bronzes and British folk art.
As the last resident of that grand old house said "Hong Kong is a Chinese city with British characteristics".
"This was a massive coup for the UK capital, showing not only the high esteem in which Chinese businesses hold British skills, but also the big retail opportunity that the UK represents, " he wrote.
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The transaction will only turn out to be important if it is the priming of a financial pump that then gushes a flow of Chinese money into British roads, rail, hospitals and the other things that our indebted government is struggling to afford.
The project was conceived, designed, constructed, and opened in four years, whereas the Heathrow terminal, from conception to completion, took twenty years. (That building, by Richard Rogers, is a somewhat compromised version of his original design far better than the rest of Heathrow, but much less interesting than Rogers meant it to be.) These widely divergent timetables are not a matter of Chinese efficiency versus British dallying: the British, like the Americans, pay the price of democracy.
In Hong Kong, only an imminent Chinese takeover pushed the British government into allowing democratic elections.
Neither British nor Chinese officials have disclosed the name of the hotel or the time when the body was discovered.
On Monday, Mr. Browne highlighted the ties between the U.K. and China following meetings between some British and Chinese officials.
But this place truly is the sort of spot where the island's many identities - Malay, Chinese, Indian, British colonial, modern tourist - thread together into a beautiful knot.
For CMR, we interviewed potential clients and found that French, British and Chinese companies were the ones most likely to increase their spending, along with companies that targeted Chinese consumers.
At the time, Shanghai was divided into three parts: the Chinese city, the British-led International Settlement and the French Concession, the latter two legacies of the Opium Wars in the 19th century.
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McMillan says his lines have been copied by Chinese, Indian and British companies, but nonetheless the company won an order equal to 10% of last year's revenue from Sinopec, the state-owned Chinese oil company.
Moulding the Chinese consumer into one with British tastes is an ambitious strategy.
In the east, China disputes the McMahon Line, agreed by British India and a Tibet then under British rather than Chinese sway.
Alexa Chung, a British model with Chinese ancestory, is on the cover of its first April issue, which is already available on Shanghai newsstands.
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In mid-February, a senior British diplomat met Chinese counterparts, Hague said.
The loosening of restrictions on trading yuan started in Hong Kong, a former British colony under Chinese sovereignty but with its own legal and financial systems.
American oil companies do have important contracts in Iraq, but so do British, Russian and Chinese companies.
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On one recent outing, to a funfair, he enjoyed a ride with a young British diplomat and the Chinese ambassador.
The idea of a professional civil service, based on written examinations, was not invented by the British but by the Chinese.
On the other hand, well-publicised incidents in which boatloads of Chinese tried to land illegally in British Columbia last year have annoyed many Canadians.
But Li didn't hit the big time until 1979, when he became the first Chinese to buy one of the British hongs (trading companies) that dominated the local economy.
Along the way, he amassed wealth of one-quarter of a billion dollars while challenging and embarrassing everyone from the departing British to the incoming Chinese, and from movie stars to business tycoons to nobodies.
The former British MP often treated senior Chinese officials as if they were shadow ministers sitting on the opposition benches.
In 1839, the first Opium War between China and Britain began when British frigates blew up several Chinese junks off Canton after coming under attack.
The foreign secretary said he was informed of the claims the next day and immediately instructed British officials to ask the Chinese authorities to investigate.
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