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To: Dennis O'Bell who wrote (62165)	12/17/2002 3:44:58 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

I don't think saying critical things about the Chinese government is good for your health if you happen to be Chinese and live in China or travel there regularly.

To: Dennis O'Bell who wrote (62165)	12/17/2002 8:03:15 PM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 281500

Hello Dennis, :0) OK, to satisfy some folks, I will say something critical about the Chinese government and their evil ways, not so much as a part of the Axis of Evil, but perhaps as a section of the Circularity of Wrong. Message 18326836 Message 18331605 Message 18336485 And, just in case someone accuses me of being biased against the good old USA: Message 15128571 Message 15134944 Chugs, Jay P.S. Reference: self introduction Message 14861804 I introduce myself to provide some context to my views as an offshore investor. My home is in Hong Kong and my base currency is the US Dollar. Message 15560046 Second to last paragraph on Nausages and Sausages. My parents and I were exiled into the countryside of China in 1969-1970. Their accounts were frozen, possessions taken. We were helped by friends in high places, but only to the extent of being placed in a villages controlled by peasnts (I use that word in gratitude) friendly to the forces of right, light, and human. Had that not been the case, my then 60 some year old dad would have perished under a tractor track, and now I a smartie pants BBC listening water melon sales assistant along the newly built expressways of China. We had a one room mud hut, next to the pig pen, no light, no fresh water, no income, and no way out. Little Jay had a large jar of coins (oops, little Sausages) generating no passive Nausages, but enough to buy one year's worth of eggs, some hatching chicks, some for boiling, and some piglets, not for eating, but for selling. My father's Oxford education (no, like Richard Li, he did not graduate either, as he was too adventurous and lively for that routine) and my mom's St Mary's finishing, and the determination of a Shanghai lady and the optimism of a Trinidadian Creole Chinese man was reduced to doing the basics ... replacing paper window with translucent plastic (that caused a stir in the village, mixing innovation with perceived wealth ... oops, Nausages), doing some good for the villagers with little Jay's jar of Sausages, so that when the red guards came for my dad, with the tractor ready, the lawless and authority-less old world peasants gathered with sticks and stones. Not exactly 1929 stuff, but dramatic enough for a 10 year old. The basic lesson is easy to learn, obvious to relate, and hard to forget. P.P.S. In case folks on this thread give a hoot about market discussions, do join us at BBR thread:0) Message 18266240 Message 18278958 Message 18336242 Message 18344188 Latest Allocation: Message 18284479 Watch List: Message 18284480