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<DIV>In a message dated 5/25/2005 2:48:24 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
checker@panix.com writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 10px; MARGIN-LEFT: 10px"><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>"Forget
the idea that consumers in China don't have enough money to<BR>
spend," said David Hand, a real estate and retailing expert at<BR>
[4]Jones Lang LaSalle in Beijing. "There are people with a lot
of<BR> money here. And that's driving the development of these
shopping<BR> malls."<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
<DIV>There are still millions of people in China who do not have enough money to
spend, but many enterprising Chinese are starting private businesses. One young
man I met had his own travel business and was doing quite well. Another young
woman in X'ian who was a travel guide invited me back to her Spartan but
quite spacious apartment. I did however meet the poverty stricken laborers
and beggars and trinket sellers who will never enter the new malls.</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">Lorraine
Rice<BR><BR>Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.
<BR>---Andre Gide
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