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To: Gary Ng who wrote (51495)	9/5/2001 11:16:33 AM
From: michael97123	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

Au contraire, Gary, My belief is that the current leaders of china will invoke nationalism in a severe slump that causes unrest. Taiwan would be a logical target for that nationalism. They acted that way in the American spy plane incident and if things get worse they may return to that mode of behavior. You are right that there are other places in the world where there is more danger. mike

To: Gary Ng who wrote (51495)	9/5/2001 11:25:00 AM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 70976

Gary, are you more in tuned with the news from China than I am? I've lost touch over the past few months, but my recollection was that things were far from stable in China. There are heavy undercurrents there that are scaring the hell out of the government. The government has been using a chip-on-the-shoulder-nationalism as way to mute discontent. And aside from news of unrest in rural areas, the popularity of Falun Gong and the party's reaction to it does not instill confidence in me...your milage may vary of course... ST