All,If you think all the necessaries can be done in three...

All,

If you think all the necessaries can be done in three months..you're dreaming.

You can knock off a few days at the beginning while people get organised, you can knock off a few weeks in air travel/recovery time, you can knock off a few weeks for Board presenatations and sign off (at either end).

Then of course dealing in Chinglish, managing all the legal documentation into Chinese loses more time (not including genuine cultural errors, as well as deliberate ones). Then there is all the paper work presentations to regulatory people.

Of course a lot will be done by consultancies. But then someone has to write the briefs for them, get agreement, sign off and then monitor progress.

Plus all the time in dual language meetings.

Yes Mr Lynch... I defer to your overwhelming experience in these matters. I'm sure you see three months is a piece of cake.

My view...half arsed deal in three months and CTO is screwed over to meet deadlines, or its six months. I'm even prepared to say its a cynical view by both parties. Like attracts like. From CTO perspective they buy more time, from Jinqua's they might be able to divert management's time eough for CTO to "fall down a shaft", given the wafer thin cash buffer. As they are the money guys here (as in if you can't spot the dummy in the room its you - take note CTO) they will be there as current shareholders resucers (who will be minus of course a haircut, mulesing, testicularectomy and one kidney).

God I wish I wasn't here.