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To: JohnG who wrote (2854)	9/7/2000 4:07:23 AM
From: lkj	Respond to of 197348

5) Were subjects of Western powers from the 1840 Opium wars until the end of WWII. Their proud culture deeply resents this humiliation by mainly western Europeans. John, Just one clarification that The US was one of the many foreign nations that invaded China in the 1800s. Khan

To: JohnG who wrote (2854)	9/7/2000 5:42:45 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 197348

John, I think the stereotype you gave is off the mark and not of much use for predicting China's approach to CDMA and 3G. It was a 90% negative stereotype which shows it's totally off the rails! I've heard that even some non-Chinese don't admit they are wrong and do everything to cover mistakes. Some non-Chinese remember wrongs for their whole lives [and even pass the story down the generations]. A more accurate stereotype to use is the stereotype of authoritarian people. The 50th celebration of the Communist Revolution was reminiscent of Nazi rallies [but with a bit more colour - which was perhaps more a function of having colour tv rather than black and white 'newsreels']. But any stereotype won't be too much help. Best to deal with them as they show up on the day of negotiation and discussion. Okay, this is off topic [other than a guide to how China might act on CDMA 3G spectrum and rollout]. I was amused by your "5000 years of constant warfare" causing Chinese "loss of innocence". Can you name some group of people anywhere on the planet which has not had 1 million years of constant warfare, both internecine as well as inter-tribal? It is the history of evolution. It is only in the past century that some semblance of civil order has become the rule rather than the exception. Mqurice