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To: Tim McCormick who wrote (17912)	3/16/2000 2:47:00 AM
From: Dwight E. Karlsen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42523

do they ever: "The benchmark TAIEX (^TWII - news) index lost as much as 4.51 percent in early trade after Zhu said the Chinese were ready to ``shed blood' to stop Taiwan from breaking away. Authorities then unleashed a wave of buying from a ``stabilisation fund' and stocks rebounded to close 0.44 percent higher at 8,677.96. Hotung Securities researcher Albert Lin said that after the intervention ``confidence improved slightly.' ------- I feel sorry for shorts trying to play in Taiwan. It doesn't seem right. It's not a free market, when the govt intervenes, and then only on the long side. sheesh!