London's third great function, since the seventeenth century, has been that of national and international bourse: the exchange of stocks and shares, banking, commerce and, increasingly, insurance.
Patients often give surgeons and other specialists “hongbao” — envelopes of cash that can make up a thirdof a doctor's income — in exchange for better treatment.
Patients often give surgeons and other specialists "hongbao" - envelopes of cash that can make up a thirdof a doctor's income - in exchange for better treatment.