Re: [MV] Chinese Military Motorcycles

ljh (ljh@public.xm.fj.cn)
Thu, 29 Apr 1999 22:13:29 +0800

Dear John:

Thank you from the bottom of my heart. It is true what you say about
China.
There are really great things happening here, and I am located in a most
beutifull part of the country, North of Hong Kong but still South Of
Shanghi. My
City of Xiamen has been a special Economic Zone since 1974. The Growth
rate is
nothing like I have seen in my Native State of New York. It is very
exciting to
be here.

Tim Conover.......Xiamen, China.

JOHN SEIDTS wrote:

> up to
> >about '70s technology. The Chinese ones I saw were just poor knock offs
> >of the '40s BMW.
> > Maybe "new"" Chinese M/C's are better than the ones I have
> >encountered. However, I have yet to see anything from China that is of
> >superior quality. Firearms, for instance are of lesser quality, but do
> >work.
>
> I remember hearing this somewhere in the past, about Japanese manufacturing
> prior to WWII.
> I wouldn't want to judge a country with a gigantic growth economy on their
> products ten or even five years ago. Could you even imagine the achievments
> by US aircraft manufacturers during WWII by looking at what they produced in
> 1932? China is having its own Industrial Revolution right now, and is
> certainly aiming at international markets. The US, Japan, and Western
> Europe are their biggest competitors. And through competition comes
> excellence. I would expect that motor transportation is high on the list of
> priorities in development, due to the growth of population and consequent
> market in Asia.
> Beware the new sleeping giant.

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