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Diary Australia

Beijing diary

29 December 2016

3:00 PM

29 December 2016

3:00 PM

Standing next to the large lobby Christmas tree in ‘Sunjoy Mansion’ where the Australian has its modest office in Beijing, waiting for the lift with the usual irritation, I gazed vaguely at the screen which constantly streams adverts. Suddenly a group of folk with idiot smiles filled the frame, wearing green plastic reindeer antlers, singing about the joys of KFC nuggets as Christmas treats.

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