Originally Posted by
j.sabourn
John as this post has diversified also into Quarantine which is also captive time so should be within the bounds of not going outside the chalk mark. Some may remember think it was in the 60s or maybe the 70s when China was going through a period of flexing its muscles. But British crews refused to go to China and one of the reasons was that for supposedly health reasons they were getting crews lined up on deck with their trousers around their ankles for a short arm inspection . Obviously to try and demean people and lose face In their eyes. People never hear these stories , it should have been headline news, I must say it never happened to me when I was there last in 1976 as the days of the Red Guard were on their way out, but I heard this from reliable sources. Maybe some on site experienced. It would be well remembered especially if winter time. Cheers JWS.