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To: rubed who wrote (9682)	3/8/2004 7:37:04 AM
From: Condor	Respond to of 110194

Hi rubed, I'm sure most of us here would be very appreciative of running commentaries on life in China as seen from an ex-pats point of view. Please contribute often with any and all observations. Cheers C

To: rubed who wrote (9682)	3/8/2004 11:19:04 PM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	Respond to of 110194

rubed, China is such a safe country compared to the rest of the world especially if you are a foreignerGood stuff. I was there 3 years ago with wife and two kids and I agree I felt safer there than in I would in some Toronto neighbourhoods... We spent a lot of time on our own on the ground so to speak.. Was a great eye opener. I saw wealth showing up then and we didn't even get to Shanghai.. I'm sure there are bad places mind you and we saw a lot of poverty too.. Anyway it made me a China bull... and I plan to go back, so much to see.. (and foreign prices That's too bad in a way. I was hoping to go back in maybe 2006, well before 2008 at any rate.. Spots..

To: rubed who wrote (9682)	3/8/2004 11:50:14 PM
From: el_gaviero	Respond to of 110194

Your post on China is not boring, be assured. I'm interested in reading anything you have to report -- especially details that strike you as interesting or significant.

To: rubed who wrote (9682)	3/9/2004 10:40:34 AM
From: t4texas	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

ot: safe. 1995 i was in downtown shenyang (a large industrial city in the north) at a good hotel bar around 5:30 pm sitting around discussing business with my american and chinese consultants. a chinese man came in and wanted a woman who was sitting very near us who was with another group of people to come with him. some man in the woman's group protested and the guy pulled out a pistol and whacked him in the face and took the girl by the hair and pulled her, walking, out of the hotel. i was amazed, but the worst for me was part of the time the guy's gun was pointed toward me while he was struggling to grab the woman. my consulant guys were surprised too, but they said, "we told you up here is like the wild west." this may have been an isolated incident in china, but i have not seen a gun pulled in the usa except at a thai restaurant robbery in florida in 1997. i agree beijing is safe. i was driven out about 40 miles from chongqing in sichuan (out in the boonies) to a town that produced aluminum. along the way it was clear what my friends were talking about with villagers. take it for what it's worth but they warned me i did not want to be by myself along the road or in the villages as a pedestrian or driving my own car/4wd.