26/01/2015
Sudan's Omar al-Bashir gets Chinese-built presidential palace
It is exactly 130 years since Gen Charles Gordon was hacked to death on the white steps of the governor-general#039;s palace in Khartoum. It was a defining moment in Britain#039;s colonial history. Stubborn heroism, laced with irony, and the over-reaching folly of imperial ambition. Today, it is China#039;s turn...
