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To: BubbaFred who wrote (58069)1/1/2005 8:58:44 PM
From: Raymond Duray  Respond to of 74559
 
BF,

Thanks for that wonderful and encyclopedic post. There's lots of good reading to be had there.

For those with a shorter attention span, here's a brief on the Overseas Chinese in Indonesia:

en.wikipedia.org

This history is perhaps as richly convoluted and inscrutable as that of the Levant.

And I'm equally glad to be a mere distant observer of this society..... :)



To: BubbaFred who wrote (58069)1/1/2005 10:29:23 PM
From: RealMuLan  Respond to of 74559
 
Even as we speak, the looting is going on now in Indonesia, and most of victims, yes, you guessed, are Chinese.



To: BubbaFred who wrote (58069)1/2/2005 12:20:59 PM
From: RealMuLan  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 74559
 
Is this rumor or the truth?? I read that the US tsunami monitoring system discovered this South Asian tsunami 4-5 hours before it happened, but only notified New Zealand and Australia.

I hope this is not true. Otherwise, ...