Who knows what 1.5 billion hardworking (don't lets debate the efficiency) people can achieve.

But I have to say that in the 13 years I have been visiting the place it has transformed from a quaint communist backwater to a staggering powerhouse.

I am inclined to repet the PM of Singapore's words "China's advancement in recent years is scary".

In 1980 in Japan, a senior exec from Mitsubishi who I had met, had said thet the Japanese had a high regard for Hong Kong Chinese, followed closely by the Taiwanese but they regarded the mainlanders as unable to relate the the modern world of business. But in just 2 decades - the tables have turned. The Japs have the problem.

Cheers

Doug Marker