Miaomiao Yu wrote: >However, I am slightly alarmed at Mr. Horwood's comment that "the >sooner Lang Lang is shipped back to China, the better", and his derogatory >remarks about the Chinese and Chinese art form of vase/plate juggling, >or what have you. Perhaps I was a bit derogatory about Lang Lang but I meant no offense to the Chinese whom I have long had a high regard. I used to try and unravel the mysteries of the I Ching a long time ago. As for vase juggling I was thinking more of the amazing contortionists who can juggle a vase with their feet above their heads. I was showing Lang Lang as having more the skills of an acrobat rather than a musician. Tim Horwood