Having dealt with China directly also I concur with the...

Having dealt with China directly also I concur with the reservations expressed.

Some Chinese are very good to deal with but some in my experience are also such that you should always "count your fingers after shaking hands with them". Hengda, or at least some key shareholders and/or personnel, seem to be very much in the later category.

This also creates doubts about the value of any offtake agreement in my mind.

I would walk away from the deal, and think the market would react positively to that news (and most likely negatively to anything else).