>>From TV news, I was surprised that some American didn't know Hong Kong is part of China. Some of them thoutht that Hong Kong was part of Japan (actually, Hong Kong never be a part of Japan in the history). Please remaind that Hong Kong is part of China. I am a Chinese now.
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>>Sunny
>Congratulations (I hope) I wish you the very best of luck with your new government.
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>My mother was greatly suprised in the 1950's because some US troops stationed in England thought that England had been allied with Germany and they were an army of occupation.
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>I'm English and have been in the US for 9 years, but sometimes I think that Americans are very parochial and not particularly good at geography or history <g>
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>Jen

That's a good idea to think not only sometimes but always.