Reflections | My good friend died last week. A classic Chinese poem sums up my feelings

Reflections | My good friend died last week. A classic Chinese poem sums up my feelings

I am writing this with great sadness. A very good friend of mine died last week in Hong Kong. He was only 65. He had been enjoying his retirement from the Hong Kong civil service, travelling overseas every other month, when he was diagnosed with stage-four lung cancer two years ago. Despite the devastating and totally unexpected diagnosis – he never smoked and led an active, healthy life – he remained sanguine about his condition and complied wi…