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No offence to Westcott but the Chinese really do not require our expertise to run an IO production. They are not stupid and can put whoever they like at the head of the company, that does know what they are doing.

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Therefore, the major shareholder and the board should be open minded and let the representative of Chinese Development Bank to become the Chairman of SDL and let the Chinese do all the jobs including lobbying the Chinese government. You need to speak the same language and culture in order to be successful in any business negotiations in the world. Be open minded and get rid off biased mind.