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To: Charles A. King who wrote (9947)	10/12/1998 11:02:00 PM
From: michael Flynn	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 13091

To All Charles,Eli,Bob,Robert,Ned,Buzz,Ron,Rusty,Bill,Okee-boy et al This little sucker wont die will it? Seriously. does this mean we still have a chance? Regards Mike in Savannah PS Many months ago I suggested we meet in Charleston at the processor, join hands in a circle and pray... this may be the time :-)

To: Charles A. King who wrote (9947)	10/13/1998 8:37:00 AM
From: John Crovelli	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13091

Does anyone have information regarding the Annual Meeting? John

To: Charles A. King who wrote (9947)	10/19/1998 8:39:00 AM
From: Charles A. King	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13091

Foreign Investment in China Beginning to Rebound CHANGSHA, October 19 (Xinhua) -- After a two-year slow-down, foreign investment involved in contracts China signed from January to August rose to 31.7 billion U.S. dollars, a year-on-year increase of eight percent, according to Sun Guangxiang, Vice-Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation. This means that China has survived some of the fallout from the Asian financial crisis, Sun told a recent forum on foreign investment in western and central parts of China. He said the country will continue to focus on direct foreign investment by opening up more competitive industries like petrochemicals and construction, and experiment with domestic commerce, foreign trade, accounting, legal consulting and tourism. Sun said the Chinese government will make an effort to improve its legal system relating to foreign investment and take steps to stop illegal levies imposed on foreign-funded enterprises. He said that the western and central regions have their own advantages and for foreign investment like cheap labor and potential markets. chinanews.org Charles

To: Charles A. King who wrote (9947)	10/26/1998 11:04:00 AM
From: Charles A. King	Respond to of 13091

The Chinese government's protection of domestic energy prices has its effect. FOCUS-China's crude imports fall, breaking trend 04:00 a.m. Oct 26, 1998 Eastern By Azlin Ahmad SINGAPORE, Oct 26 (Reuters) - China's cumulative crude imports have fallen for the first time in several years -- as the country drives to cut its reliance on imports, analysts said on Monday. ''China has been doing everything in its power to improve its self-sufficiency both upstream and downstream in the current year,'' said James Brown, regional energy analyst for Merrill Lynch. ''I would see this as a result of this initiative,'' he said. Customs data on Monday showed that China's imports of crude in the first nine months of the year fell 2.3 percent to 23.5 million tonnes compared with the same period in 1997. The data represents the first cumulative decline in crude imports since 1994 when China turned into a growing net importer of crude. It also represents a dramatic turnaround in imports when compared 57 percent growth in 1997 over 1996. Analysts, however, said the data was expected as China has been encouraging local refiners to use more domestic crude oil. Kang Wu, a China energy analyst at Hawaii based East-West Centre, said that China has taken steps to reduce the attractiveness of foreign crudes to domestic buyers. In June, China freed up domestic crude price controls which Wu said resulted in a fall in the price of local crudes and brought them closer to international levels. ''Crude imports in China are still more affected by policies than by the natural markets, but the lower prices do help,'' Wu said. infoseek.com:80/Content?arn=a0373LBY627reulb-19981026&qt=china&sv=IS&lk=noframes&col=NX&kt=A&ak=news1486 The Chinese anti-smuggling effort has attention at the highest levels. China's Zhu Holds Meeting Against Smuggling 12:14 a.m. Oct 26, 1998 Eastern HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has called for greater efforts against smuggling, saying the campaign so far has done little to stop clandestine trade in border and coastal areas, official newspapers said Monday. Zhu held an eight-province meeting after touring the southern province of Guangdong and Guangxi region with State Council member Wu Yi to assess the campaign against smugglers and foreign exchange cheats, the Securities Times said. infoseek.com:80/Content?arn=a2208LBY500reulb-19981025&qt=china&sv=IS&lk=noframes&col=NX&kt=A&ak=news1486 From an article about oil refining in China. this year's numbers are likely to be distorted by China's decision to reduce crude oil imports and a ban introduced in September on imports of diesel and gasoline. infoseek.com:80/Content?arn=a1485LBY935reulb-1998... If GRNO is able to join in a joint venture in China, its plants could be considered to be domestic oil refiners which the central government wants to protect from foreign product dumping on the Chinese economy. This will protect the product prices from crashing and provide a stable investment value. Charles