tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-395360932255953637.post348906273838807258..comments2020-05-02T10:24:35.043-07:00Comments on Jack Jones - A True Friend to China: Hanoi, the Old Doorway to ChinaA True Friend to Chinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10953073219104650895noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-395360932255953637.post-67033273290869606132017-03-01T01:18:55.654-08:002017-03-01T01:18:55.654-08:00ERRATUM Mea maxima culpa... Somerset Maugham did ...ERRATUM Mea maxima culpa... Somerset Maugham did not use the Yunnan to Hanoi railway. He coast-hopped northwards from Saigon via Hue and Tourane to Hanoi, later taking a boat to Hong Kong. 'At Hanoi I found nothing much to interest me.' (THE GENTLEMAN IN THE PARLOUR, 1935.) There's a nice description of leaving Hanoi on the train to Kunming by Nicol Smith in BURMA ROAD, 1940. A True Friend to Chinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10953073219104650895noreply@blogger.com