10 JULY 1993, page 13

The City Of Honourable Martyrs

Radek Sikorski returns to his old haunts in Afghanistan, a nation still recovering from the horror of war Herat THE LAST time I went to Herat, the jour- ney took six weeks, on......

The Chinese Economic Mirage

Graham Hutchings warns that the Chinese people are rapidly losing patience with the skulduggery of their political masters Peking OUTSIDE a drab office block on Peking's dusty......

Mind Your Language

MY BULGING post-bag includes a remarkable proportion of letters from abroad; expatriates, or expatriots as many of our newspapers render it, seem to nurture a tenacious care for......