In classical French cuisine, a brown sauce generally refers to a sauce with a meat stock base, thickened by reduction and sometimes the addition of a browned roux, similar in some ways to but more involved than a gravy. The classic mother sauce examples are espagnole sauce and demi-glace, though other derivatives of those two exist.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown told China on Friday he was taking their relationship to a new level and that he wanted Britain to be the number one choice for Chinese trade and investment."I believe by 2010 we will see 100 new Chinese companies investing in the UK, we will see 100 partnerships between our universities and Chinese universities"

The UK Independence Party have reacted with outrage to the England soccer team defeat by Croatia; a country not even in the EU.Long serving Chinese member Mr Xen Aphobia said that news that Portuguese Jose Mourhino was to be the next England manager was in quot;direct conflict quot; with Gordon Browns British jobs for British workers promise.

Mei Mei stars in new Chinese drama, Brown Sugar Macchiato.

Not content to let the real Zune action steal the day, Chinese manufacturer Huiying is bringing the generic social to you with the HY-658, a $27 flash player that's rocking a 2.4-inch screen, SD memory expansion, AVI, WMA, MP3, and WAV support, and a striking resemblance to a certain brown wonder.

Wide ranging interview with an automotive PR specialist - "we discovered at a big press conference held in Beijing that all the journalists attending - there were a hundred plus - were given brown envelopes containing money. That's how it works there - a very different environment. It's been a real education."