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To: Road Walker who wrote (334301)4/19/2007 8:39:30 PM
From: bentway  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1574848
 
"For years we have heard how poor the Chinese are so where are they getting all this money to buy trendy condos?"

Damn right! I was forced to clean my plate as a child because little children were starving in China.



To: Road Walker who wrote (334301)4/20/2007 1:03:48 PM
From: tejek  Respond to of 1574848
 
Maybe it's just me, but culturally it seems very weird. I bet Mao is rolling in his grave.

The truth is, and I am stereotyping here, the Chinese have been the businesspeople of SE Asia and are good at it. Therefore, converting to capitalism was a natural for them.