I attended the opening of the new China Exchange in the old telephone exchange building on Gerrard Street. It’s an initiative of Sir David Tang and the Prince of Wales to foster Anglo-Chinese cultural relations, including art, calligraphy and Confucianism. As it’s the Chinese New Year (is it the year of the sheep or the goat ?), the event began with Chinese dragons serenading
the Prince and Camilla en route to eating dumplings in Dumplings’ Legend:-
There was then a line-up, speeches and a short piano recital by a Chinese Harrovian:-


Apparently the chinese character yaing can mean sheep/ram or goat.
Yes, but as someone who’s family insignia is a goat, I’m not keen on the idea that they are indistinguishable. Charles