Your apology is touching though, and I thank you for the kind wishes. I apologise in kind, as I tend to act a little reflexively on these issues.

I actively have to defend China and the Chinese almost everyday, an indirect fault of western media's prejudice and ignorance, despite the fact that I am no big fan of the PRC or any other non publicly elected government officials, whether they be Chinese party members or Canadian senators and judges.

Her family is fine, they are east/central coast by Shanghai. Earthquake was central and south central, hitting hardest in the big city of Chenngdu, which I visited on my way to and from Tibet. We haven't heard yet from some friends we made there, though.

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