That's how Prince Charles described the Chinese diplomats present during the 1997 Hong Kong handover to the Butchers of Beijing.
Heh, heh.
Prince Charles wrote a 3000 word memoir of the occasion, and circulated it to a few friends and courtiers. He apparently has done this before, but this is the first time that his private writings have become public.
I'm looking forward to seeing the completed opus. For now, this will have to do:
You can find more of the text (quite interesting) on the Scotsman web site:
http://news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=278442006
Posted by: David in HK | December 21, 2006 at 07:08 PM