Halalujah = <traditionally the Chinese people and nation have always been very welcoming to the jews >
That's wonderful TJ, but apparently the Jews don't feel welcome enough. Because look:
<But, for the moment, the Jews of China remain something between an exotic memory and a transient whisper.>
jcpa.org
Meanwhile, New Zealand has been far more welcoming to Chinese, of not just Han or Hakka varieties. We [stupidly] give them ownership of our public assets and they are pleased to accept the donations. There are swarms of them and they pretty much own central Auckland now. Another family moved in next door a few days ago.
Yes, there were some Jews who went to China in the 1930s, which is a bit different from your claim. "always very welcoming to the jews". Here is a photo of a couple of policemen welcoming a Jew [so says the title anyway] haruth.com For some odd reason, when the British were gone from Shanghai, the Jews were too.
It seems to have been the British, who made Shanghai an international city, which enabled the Jews to escape there [not all that many, but some and not as many as went to the USA, along with Albert Einstein]. Without the British having made Hong Kong and Shanghai and Dalian accessible, the door would have stayed shut. haruth.com
Isn't cyberspace great. All the details one could want: chinajewish.org
And details of history is what they are. The total who went to China was only some 20,000 to 30,000. And they all left [despite being oh so welcome to hand over their assets and lives to the loving Han and Hakka]. Why do you think they left such a great place?
Jews have also been welcome in New Zealand. They were not only given public assets but private ones too. I myself have donated a wallop of funds to local Jewish enterprise. I say donated because so far, no dividends have been paid and I fear the sales forecasts are poor: roamad.com But hopefully, we will reach the Promised Land, some day, with ubiquitous wifi.
In case RoamAD is not successful, there is a backup plan with zenbu.net.nz which is now commercial.
In support of international Jewry, I gave our cash [in the early 1990s] to Dr Irwin Jacobs, who fortunately for us, invented CDMA which is now being welcomed by the Han and Hakka in China. Though they are as usual more than reluctant to pay for services rendered. But they are buying ASICs and paying a derisory royalty. Dividends from QCOM are far more than Big Ben's puny rewards for lending US$.
Mqurice
PS: Feel the love: <afterward, virtually all trace of Jewish life in Shanghai was wiped away. Schools and shops closed, and most synagogues were demolished by China's new rulers.> |
