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Interestingly you have not rebutted my comments and the allegations contained in it. The only conclusion any reasonable person can draw from your failure to rebut the points I've raised in issue is that you agree with me. And I believe that is the case.

Spending time examining the toilet habits and locations of any people wherever they are, be it the US where poohing in public a common practice in large cities it is referred to as a "taking a dump" or in China where it it is still widely practiced and referred to as "Lutian Paibian" in Mandarin, is a very poor pastime to admit to indulging yourself in. Reading may be the way to go buddy. Jealousy has nothing to do with the truth.

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Apart from his flamboyant lifestyle and his flaunting of his enormous wealth domestically and abroad, he is also a part of the wider body of Hwa Chao (the Chinese diaspora) in Southeast Asia that exists as a state within a state, corrupting weak governments and robbing the state and its non-Chinese citizens of their rights and lawful entitlements.

On the positive side to this form of Robber Barron culture is the fact that there is so much to rob in a resource-rich country like Indonesia that only its Chinese population (being relatively small) is able to muster the much-required capital in order to venture into such capital intensive projects earning themselves billions of dollars in the process.

Joko Widodo, the outgoing former president was as much in their pockets (Ah Hock and at least half a dozen others including the Sutanto family and other Suharto remnants) as was his cabinet.

Australia is their next big "Gold mine" from government statistics which show that Indonesian Chinese form the largest group of foreign investors from Southeast Asia (up market real estate) as well as its largest new immigrant community (by ethnicity) over the past decade.

The Lord helps those who help themselves.

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The jealousy by Indians of the more successful and prosperous Chinese around the world is becoming quite the sad meme.

NVM One day all Indians will have access to proper sanitation. Maybe not this century though LOL

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