NIMEN hao! That, as readers will recognise, is the Chinese for hello.
York is offering the warmest of welcomes to a delegation of tour operators from China today.
There are many differences between East and West society.
But as York has just hosted a festival to celebrate Chinese New Year, boasts some terrific oriental restaurants and is protected by what we consider to be a pretty great wall, we hope our guests feel at home here.
Updated: 09:57 Thursday, March 03, 2005
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