"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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> I wonder if the alleged Chinese investors have considered that if they buy
> Smithfield most normal, informed Americans simply won't buy it. I don't
> know about the rest of the people here, but I am reluctant to buy goods
> produced in China and I absolutely refuse to buy food products from China.

I am very careful as to what I will buy from China. Something that is cheap
and decorative would be okay. But no food or cosmetics.