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To: Jeff Head
I don't want to pour cold water on your excitement. But boy, you are hurting yourself with the book. I couldn't bring myself to finish even the first paragraph, because of three MAJOR mistakes.
1. The name of current Chinese president is Jiang Zemin, not Jien Zenim.
2. Jiang Zemin will not be president in 2004. He is stepping down and being replaced by someone else next spring.
3. Jiang Zemin was not the mayor of the capital, Beijing, but Shanghai.
Hope you have a good editor at PocketPCPress.
96 posted on 11/05/2001 12:10:49 PM PST by ASaneGuy
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To: ASaneGuy
That's why they call it fiction ... it is also requisite to not use actual names due to litigation issues.

I understand the spellings are not the same ... that covers it being a fictional character and certainly not the one currently in power. I can easily do mass substituion for names should a literary agent decide it is necessary.

Sorry of those things are hangups to you. As the agents read it and make suggestions, I have no problem changing those names to something less close to the actual people.

As it is, the story line, for those who can get past the issues, or not have to stumble over the issues you point out, is fairly compelling.

Thanks for the input.

99 posted on 11/05/2001 12:39:23 PM PST by Jeff Head
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