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To: Z268 who wrote (6909)	10/5/1998 10:17:00 AM
From: Bosco	Respond to of 9980

G'day all - dear Steve, yes, I agree with your observations. However, IMHO, communism was merely a vehicle of nationalism back in the early part of the century [it is always a point of poignancy for me to speculate what if the US had accepted the field report from her career diplomats like John Service et al!] It is true that the founding members [except for Mao - never underestimate an librarian who is well versed in "The Ambitions of the Three Kingdoms"] were foreign educated. However, we should also remember much of the bankroll for Dr Sun Yet-san's true revolution was also from the oversea Chinese of the time. It is hard to second guess the motivations of the Chinese foreign students; however, I'd agree that the true blossoming will be significantly influenced by open commerce. Be it the silk road or open trade via supertankers and i-commerce, genuine mutually beneficial trades promote greater communications and thus greater understandings. Eventually, this will spread throughout China and throughout the globe. However, like the 1st speech of Federick Douglas on Nantucket to the civil right movements in the US, China's "internal problems" must be resolved if China is to see a "return" to her golden era. There is no way for a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thoughts to compete for relevancy if her minorities, be they tibetans or islamic, harbour utmost distrust of her. best, Bosco