Michael Richardson 
Letters From Peking 
A British Diplomat in China 1972-1974

Michael and Celia Richardson and their son Jamie, born two years before while Michael was learning Mandarin Chinese in Hong Kong, lived in Peking from January 1972 to January 1974. It was Michael’s first posting as a member of HM Diplomatic Service as Third Secretary at the Office of the British Chargé d’Affaires. This book is a collection of letters written to their families in Britain.