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To: Art Bechhoefer who wrote (20076)	4/12/2001 2:42:13 PM
From: scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

It will be interesting to watch the truth of the incident (spy plane) unfold. I just got back from a pleasure trip to China. Spy plane incident was just beginning to hit news as we were preparing to depart back to U.S. I read their state version of story and was very surprised about how anti-U.S. their news is. It seemed to me that the people (Chinese) distrust there own government and have branded them as corrupt and liars. I read the Chinese article and said to the guy I was rooming with; "you watch, I'll bet that those bastards forced our plane down .....". This is before hearing any of the U.S. version. It will be interesting to see the facts come out. I was impressed with how friendly the Chinese people seemed and how much they distrust their own government.

To: Art Bechhoefer who wrote (20076)	4/14/2001 4:19:10 AM
From: Craig Freeman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

Art, I don't know who your "sources" are but their information is contrary to the news and simple logic. If a Chinese jet had "fired a shot", that would be an act of war. Logically, the Chinese wouldn't have demanded an apology for shooting at our plane -- and U.S. big-wigs wouldn't have said they were "sorry" about being a target. There's no telling what we don't know and neither common sense nor truth correlate well with politics. As unlikely as it seems to me, perhaps your source is right. What I do know is that the SOX did quite nicely last week, including my Taiwan Semi shares. Apparently, the markets have diverted their fears from Asia to some other as-yet-undetermined target. Craig