10 JANUARY 1987, page 14

My Cup Of Tea

Kedar Nath meets a stranger at an Indian railway station Quilon IT WAS an oppressively warm mid- February night. There was about an hour to go before I got my connection with......

Something Odd In China

Jasper Becker finds China-watchers baffled by the student action Peking S OMETHING very odd is happening in China. Nothing like the present wave of student demonstrations has......