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To: RealMuLan who wrote (36657)	7/28/2003 12:56:07 PM
From: RealMuLan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

China's Konka plans Mexico venture Monday, July 28, 2003 Posted: 0651 GMT ( 2:51 PM HKT) Konka has about 18 percent of the Chinese market for TV sets. edition.cnn.com SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) -- Konka, one of China's top two makers of television sets, is looking overseas to nurture its newfound profitability. Shenzhen Konka Group Co said it is considering joint ventures in Mexico that would give it access to North American markets.

To: RealMuLan who wrote (36657)	7/28/2003 1:21:34 PM
From: BubbaFred	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

An interesting sidenote in the article is the ethnic percentages in Malaysia. "Ethnic Chinese comprise roughly a quarter of Malaysia's population of more than 23 million; about two-thirds are ethnic Malays and the rest are mostly ethnic Indians." They count anyone with Malay kinship (present or ancestral) is considered as Malay. If they were to count anyone with Chinese kinship (present or ancestral) as Chinese, then the majority (>50%) would be Chinese. That's the primary reason there is no racially induced riots in Malaysia as there has been in Indonesia. In another text "In his speech, Mahathir said Chinese migrants had consistently contributed to growth and development in Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam and Cambodia." The businesses of Chinese migrants and other long term Chinese in Indonesia get robbed and plundered, and Chinese ladies raped and men killed, every 20 years or so by the native Indonesians. The most recent one, four or five years ago, was done mostly by Suharto's goons. Suharto was one of the most corrupt, Ferdinand Marcos type, of Asian dictators with considerable training, support and association with the United States.