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To: TobagoJack who wrote (114822)	12/19/2015 9:05:47 AM
From: dvdw©	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 217896

Thanks for this article, its helpful in several ways. Wouldn't want to assign a truth value to it as the descriptions offered don't contain enough information to know if the premises offered meet the tests for a quantum system. this will be an incredible story as it unfolds, me thinks that all commentary and claims published about this race lack convincing understanding. Who knows though. Claims are useful to capital formation, experiments even successful ones are far more difficult for observers, as the understanding about operating systems for quantum systems are never discussed. My own experiments of seven year duration have a potential to change/shape this race…..

To: TobagoJack who wrote (114822)	12/19/2015 6:20:54 PM
From: Snowshoe	1 Recommendation Recommended By louel Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217896

TJ, that's great but... Why can't China make a good ballpoint pen? marketplace.org It seemed like an innocuous question: “Why can’t China make a good ballpoint pen?” But it carried a much deeper meaning thanks to the man who asked it: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang. At a seminar in Beijing earlier this month, Li complained to those gathered that Chinese pens felt “rough” compared to pens made in Japan, Germany, and Switzerland. Li said China’s manufacturers at the lowest levels should focus on innovating their technology. It wasn’t the first time China’s Premier had complained about his country’s shoddy ballpoint pens. After he grumbled about Chinese pens last June, state-run broadcaster CCTV devoted an hour-long program to the topic, a talk show where three CEOs of China’s most innovative and successful manufacturers sat onstage alongside a host. Sitting nervously at a table in front of the studio audience was Qiu Zhiming, president of one of China’s largest pen manufacturers. Qiu explained to the other CEOs that China supplies 80 percent of the global market for pens. The core technology of each pen — the stainless steel ball and its casing — is imported from Japan, Germany, or Switzerland, said Qiu. Only Switzerland, he said, has a machine with the precision required to make the best ballpoint pen tips. China, Qiu said sadly, hasn’t developed a machine like this. ***** “I think Li Keqiang is basically trying to shame his people into not being complacent,” says Jim McGregor, China CEO of APCO. McGregor says Premier Li is sending a message to Chinese manufacturers: making cheap products is no longer good enough. “He wants them to step up and innovate which I think some companies are doing.”