Octavio: How many days will it take for the cheque to clear? fixed annuity interest rates I am almost convinced that the Chinese way is better in spite of their less liberal civil rights record. That can improve in China as the level of education rises overall in that society and as the people establish their own enlargement of scale and autonomy. But at least they are working and building the cities and towns of China in what appears to be a more modern and sensible way than this country did or ever can again. I fear we built our bed and will die in it no matter how inappropriate it is for changing global economic and environmental conditions.