<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">We were in Taiwan during their first truly democratic election. The U.S. media was filled with dire predictions of imminent war. The reality was that no one in Taiwan was worried about an attack. China and Taiwan, in spite of the rhetoric, were deeply coupled economically and war would be disastrous for both sides. The only evidence the Taiwanese newspapers reported in as a result of the “tensions” was an increase in the number of prostitutes arriving in Taiwan from Macao and Hong Kong. However, we did note that a foreign tourist was arrested for taking down an election banner as a souvenir which was regarded as serious offense. I doubt things are much different now.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We also spent time in Hong Kong just before and just after it going back to China. For a while not much changed and there were restrictions that prevented mainland Chinese from entering Hong Kong. At that time, China was very dependent on Hong Kong as its economic outlet to the rest of the world and didn’t want to threaten that status. It’s very different now as China has developed many other outlets and consequently they are willing to treat Hong Kong like the rest of China.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Ed<br class=""><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Nov 12, 2021, at 12:02 PM, Stephen Guerin <<a href="mailto:stephen.guerin@simtable.com" class="">stephen.guerin@simtable.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Nick,<br class=""><br class="">> Is Hong Kong not being digested as we speak? Is pressure not increasing on the Taiwanese? </div><div class=""> <br class="">An orthogonal perspective is healing and unification post-occupation and aggression by foreign powers. ie:<br class=""><ul class=""><li class="">North/South Vietnam</li><li class="">Manchuria/China</li><li class="">East/West Germany</li><li class="">North/South Korea<br class=""></li></ul></div><div class="">I am concerned about <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/taiwan-china-us-marines/2021/10/08/20378918-27d8-11ec-8739-5cb6aba30a30_story.html" class="">US military buildup in Taiwan</a> after agreeing to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-China_policy" class="">one china policy</a> in 1979. How did we feel about USSR flexing its muscle in Cuba? </div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">-Stephen<br class=""><br class="">这就是你想让我说的吗？ 我们现在可以在中国推出我们的软件吗？ </div></div>
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