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<DIV>The elections in Hong Kong and China and for that matter in many countries
around the world are not even close to that in the US. Each country has its own
game. Even in the US, Americans did not understand the electoral college, and
how the person with the most citizen votes might not be elected President.</DIV>
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<DIV>In China and Hong Kong the Communist Party selects all candidates. Not all
citizens vote in fact only a very few. The Communist Party makes up about 2 and
1/2 of the actual population of China.</DIV>
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<DIV>The pictorial languages of China vary but the present government has made
the written language fairly standard.</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 8/2/2006 7:52:53 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
chadlupkes@gmail.com writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px"><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><SPAN
class=gmail_quote>On 8/2/06, <B class=gmail_sendername>Janet Hawtin</B> <<A
title=mailto:lucychili@gmail.com
href="mailto:lucychili@gmail.com">lucychili@gmail.com</A>> wrote:</SPAN>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">On
8/3/06, Chad Lupkes <<A title=mailto:chadlupkes@gmail.com
href="mailto:chadlupkes@gmail.com">chadlupkes@gmail.com</A>>
wrote:<BR>> <BR>> The details of the Chinese language diversity I
didn't know, so this is good<BR>> information.<BR>><BR>> Would the
Hong Kong site be in a different language than Chinese, or are you<BR>>
asking for a regional specific version? My understanding is that
we're <BR>> trying not to create regional sites, only language
based. Hong Kong<BR>> elections are welcome in English on the
main site,<BR><BR>aye theres the rub.<BR><BR>and if we need a
Chinese<BR>> language Campaigns site then let's get one
started. But I'd rather not see <BR>> regions break off from
the main site. This needs to be a global movement,<BR><BR>you
want a global movement with english as the main site?<BR><BR>> and I'm
almost as interested in Hong Kong elections as I am in Seattle <BR>>
races, which is where I live. We're all in this
together.<BR>><BR>><BR>> Chad</BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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