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    Re: Poverty myths? —Pedro Silva
   (...) Hong Kong is a city - it can't be compared to an entire country. Of which it is a part of, BTW. And I said OVER half of China is uninhabitaBLE, not uninhabitED - the last portion is even greater than the first. If you check where the majority (...) (21 years ago, 2-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
   
        Re: Poverty myths? —Mike Petrucelli
   (...) is (...) Hong Kong is the name of the city AND the country. (...) OK I will agree that the example is obviously distorted in favor of Williams' argument, however that still doesn't explain the country of Hong Kong's success despite its (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
   
        Re: Poverty myths? —Pedro Silva
   (...) No, Hong Kong is a city and a Special Administrative Region OF China. The British handed the territory over to Chine, they did not grant it independance. Perhaps you're thinking Singapore? (...) Again, it's a city. Any comparison can be made (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
   
        Re: Poverty myths? —Larry Pieniazek
   (...) Nope, I sure don't. I am not keen on Ponzi schemes. (21 years ago, 3-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 

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