I was also quite positive on the China equity story earlier on, closer to the time of the inception of this blog, before the Beijing Olympics. But after 5 years, I now realized it could be a big mistake to buy China because it is a country that has lost something important and it could take a long while to find it again. There isn't a good single word to describe this, is it morality? Or the good in mankind, or a sense of righteousness? Whatever. This is not just about cutting queue and stealing buffet food. We are talking about melamine milk, flushing babies down toilets, running over injured people a 2nd time to make sure they die because if they don't, the monetary compensation imposed on the driver would be more damaging.

I am sure most would agree that China has some serious issues here.

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