Suitable gift for Chinese colleague? Advice needed

[vetran]

Nice idea. If only this wasn't do expensive:

Union Jack Fine Chocolate Selection

Can't go wrong with a Box of Thorntons.(unless they are lactose intolerant).

[EternalOptimist]

Spookily, this happened to me about ten years ago. After chatting to the guy for a week, mostly about work, I learned what this guy wanted more than life itself. So I took him a smiths cd

[Kelstar]

Short bread in one of the tartan tins. Seen loads in airports

[OwlHoot]

I had a recent business trip to China and was rather embarrassed when the (female) colleague I was visiting presented me with a gift and I had nothing to reciprocate. Her gift was a large bag of Chinese savoury snacks, so nothing elaborate, but a literal "taste of China". Probably cost her £5.

I'm seeing her again shortly and would like to redress the balance by buying her something typically English, business appropriate and that wasn't made in China!

Any ideas from you well travelled cosmopolitans?

Question for the CUK ladies, are there any typically English toiletry products (perhaps like Molten Brown) that you could recommend? Not Yardley!

A large rhino horn?

[norrahe]

Penhaligons are good for fragrances and you can get little selection boxes for less than £20.

Though, fragrances tend to be a more personal thing. Try something from Rococo chocolates or William Curley. Try your local deli and ask if they have any typical English gift sets. Or see if fortnum and masons have a small gift selection.

[BoredBloke]

She can have our dog if she wants!

[Platypus]

She can have our dog if she wants!

[Paddy]

I had a recent business trip to China and was rather embarrassed when the (female) colleague I was visiting presented me with a gift and I had nothing to reciprocate. Her gift was a large bag of Chinese savoury snacks, so nothing elaborate, but a literal "taste of China". Probably cost her £5.

I'm seeing her again shortly and would like to redress the balance by buying her something typically English, business appropriate and that wasn't made in China!

Any ideas from you well travelled cosmopolitans?

Question for the CUK ladies, are there any typically English toiletry products (perhaps like Molten Brown) that you could recommend? Not Yardley!

The Chinese are very much is to retro and nostalgia because their shops are flooded with new stuff. EG they like old folding cameras that can be bought here for £10, fountain pens £10-£20 for a reasonable one.

[Doggy Styles]

A garden gnome.

Nothing could be more British, except for Brian Sewell.

[Platypus]

A garden gnome.

Nothing could be more British, except for Brian Sewell.

If only we could give Brian Sewell away