Crystallex International

All despots live with a certain amount of paranoia. As things turn agaainsst them, the sense of paranoia sharpens. Then other countries begin to react to the tightening of liberties, and the paranoia jumps by leaps and bounds.

I am not clear whether Hugo in trouble helps or hinders us, in the short run.

Don't forget, if it became an issue of self-preservation, Hugo would forsake the Chinese