Ben:

My last statement is only moderately stating some fact about China.
Believe me I am absolutely certain that I know China better than you do.
I completed a full package of education in Chinese, with a bachelor
engineering degree. But that's not on the land of China. I completed
a updated education in USA with an advanced degree. But I can't
hide the fact English is the 3rd language I speak back in my parent's
home.

I said I never set foot on China, that's because I did not want to.
I had chances to go there, work there or even live in there. But I
never had the interest in that. Simple. Only one reason. I value
democracy. According to my family tree book (a real one passed to me
from my parents) I am the 48th generation in the family tree. I
believe I am the first one enjoy living in a democratic society.
It's not perfect but it's great. I have seen life in a dictatorship
society. I am fortunate to get away from it.

Well, until someday China moves in the right direction I may eventually
change my mind to take a trip (without my vanagons of course) there.
My family tree book is about one inch thick. It said one of the grand
grand... grand pa was a high rank authority equivalent to the position of
a defense secretary today. It also said they got a grant from one emperor
to build a school equivalent to a university today. But it also said one
of the family was completely eliminated (bi-headed) by an emperor because
a grand... grad pa was found of carrying a dagger when he met the emperor.
The family tree book is not in English or I could show you folks a copy of
some pages.

I must have bored everyone by this far off topic stuff. Anyway, Nice to know
you, Ben.

David

--- BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> On 7/3/07, David Kao <dtkao0205@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > It makes me feel bad because I am a Chinese descent. I have not set my
> > foot
> > even once on China in my life. But I am totally aware of the 3rd world
> > standard
> > in almost everything from China. I doubt that the importer will be able to
> > go
> > after the tire manufacturer in China. Even US authorities can not help
> > much.
> > They can only demand the recall, stop future importation and let the
> > importer fall.
> >
> > The importer falls as a victim but it too should be responsible for
> > importing
> > cheap tires that don't make to the safety requirement. Very likely it
> > disregarded
> > the potential safety issue and imported those tires for making easy money.
> >
> > Wal-Mart is the largest such importer. They have many never heard of brand
> > names
> > of LT tires that are dirt cheap. I won't even look at them any more.
> >
> > David
>
>
>
> David,
>
> Likewise, I am of Chinese descent, etc. I have friendly ancestors.=) I am
> usually the first to attack these type of remarks but I do not argue about
> specific situations (just ask Ron). Ironically, the part of this thread that
> I find disturbing is your last comment. Unlike you, I've stepped not just on
> Chinese soil but just about every place my many ancestors walk on. I find
> that just about every place whether in Asia or in Europe, had at one time
> been considered "... 3rd world standard in almost everything..."
>
> There's an awful lot more good stuff coming out of China than you seem to
> realize. We just hear a lot of the bad stuff. I would not be surprised to
> find out that there are millions upon millions of tires that were
> manufacture in China where no problems were noted. We are talking about this
> because some bad apple got in the bunch. The media goes on a frenzy. Guess
> they're on holiday right now. Besides tires don't exactly keep warm and
> fuzzy at the camp ground (except when you torch them). Otherwise, some
> watchdog (no pun intended) from PETA would be screaming to the press.
>
> There's always so much talk about tires on these lists that we should start
> an oversight committee called PITA (People Irritated with Tire Arguments).
>
> OK, I'm getting off this thread now.
>
> Happy 4th everybody!
>
> BenT
>

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