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The start of a new year is tough on loans bankers, who have to content themselves with looking enviously at all the business their bond colleagues rack up in January. This year has been no different, with one of my old banking cronies recently feeling the impact of a lack of action.
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Why someone would want to go to China for Chinese New Year, and take part in the largest annual human migration on the planet, is anyone’s guess.
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Ah, the holidays! I know everyone has only just got back but already I’m looking forward to the next break. Not for me, you understand: I’m always on holiday. No, I just can’t wait for everyone to get out of town again, and in two weeks’ time Chinese New Year will oblige.
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It’s the start of the year and in keeping with tradition TaiTai and I have been jotting down a list of “improvements” that we think each of us needs to make. We then frame it and hang it outside our bedroom door and it acts as our New Year resolutions.
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It's Christmas time again, when children dream of Father Christmas, good cheer is spread to all men and bankers book out Michelin starred restaurants for extended lunches. When I was still working, this was always my favourite holiday, as I could share a pint with my buddies at rival banks without having to worry too much about what they had up their sleeves for next week.
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So the young man who passes for the UK prime minister these days has been touring the Mainland this week, professing his love of all things Chinese. Whether it’s been pushing for trade agreements or proclaiming that British children should learn Mandarin, David Cameron really can’t say enough good things about the country.