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To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (555)	5/23/2001 9:22:43 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 2279

I think Hong Kong is merely the gateway to the Chinese market... Gustave.. I was stating essentially the same thing... We all know that "it takes money to make money" and Hong Kong provides access to that kind of capital from foreign investors in their B share markets, as well as direct investment... So having the "bank" under your political thumb is very convenient for the Bejing politicos.. After all, look what mischief they accomplished with the CITICs and ITICs... Now they possess control over Hong Kong finance, which will no longer be the paragon of capitalist virtue as Bejing communist klepto-crats corrupt it for their own benefit. And since you're in Europe and much closer to the situation, I'll defer to your expertise... But let me ask you one question.... Since it is difficult enough to foster Fascism in a sole country, how will they accomplish it with a political confederation where members can "opt out" at any time?? Hawk

To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (555)	5/23/2001 11:18:18 AM
From: Ben Wa	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2279

your analysis of the automobile industry is very deep. I always thought that the manufacture of automobiles was geared toward high volume manufacturing, given that the cost to design a vechicle that meets various govt standars is very high. Add to that tooling, union labor, etc. I thought that it was a very high fixed cost business, therefore the darwinian trend would be consolidation. Of course, you could always be a Peugot and crank out small quantities of cars that are high maintainance vehicles.