Hi, I'm Carrie Gracie, the BBC's China Editor.

Thank you for making it to the very last episode of Murder in the Lucky Holiday Hotel.

Now, if you've enjoyed the series, could you please do something for us

on whatever podcast that you use?

Could you give us some rating stars or even write a one line review?

That would be such a huge help in keeping the series alive.

And while I'm on the subject, a big thank you to all of you

who've been so positive on social media, it really helps

again, our self-promotion on with the story.

We've had a British man murdered in a Chinese hotel room.

We've had the show trial where the wife of a top politician

admitted poisoning him over money.

But the murder and the trial were always about so much more.

In China, it all comes down to politics.

And this is the part of the story I'm going to tell you today,

because it changed history.

Previously,

passing why he was there.

Pull strings and makes things happen.

The red apricot.

Champagne reception, not cover.

What a nightmare.

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