1.   Chinese have a seize-the-day mentality, said Richard Smith, director of Asian studies at Rice University in Houston.

2.   Ordinary Chinese have both admiration for Clinton and, as China has opened up, a tittering interest in things sexual, as well.

3.   The Chinese have from the start said that the U.S. plane caused the accident by making a sudden turn.

4.   There is no question the Chinese have a rotten, indefensible record of abusing and oppressing their people.

5.   Outraged by the anti-Chinese riots, ethnic Chinese have protested outside Indonesian diplomatic offices, in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and the United States.

6.   But the Russians, French and Chinese have all suggested the United Nations consider naming a new set of inspectors to visit the presidential sites.

7.   Chinese have for centuries set off fireworks to celebrate important occasions including traditional holidays, weddings and business openings.