International Traveller

GOLD CLASS

Tucked into a cosy, dimly lit corner of a hotel lobby, I have literally just met the gentleman sitting in front of me but already I am holding his hand and staring intently into his wise eyes. Before you imagine the scene as a Mills & Boon-style assignation, you should probably know that the man in front of me is Professor Zhang Mao Ji, a world-renowned practitioner of Chinese medicine and he has just asked me

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