I just talked to Mr. Lehman and asked him why he stayed in China after what happened at Tiananmen.

His first answer was that he was young and had a little bit of the mentle instability that youth brings.  I'm 24 and I know what he is talking about.  Why not walk out in front of a bus?  I'll be fiiiiiine....

But as we talked about it more, I found out that his wife was hiding behind concrete pillars as bullets flew, that all the foreign law firms left and there was really no place to go to look for work... basically, it sounded like staying in China during those turbulant times was even more crazy than walking out in front of a bus.

So why did he stay?  Well, he told me that he had studied Chinese, that he like the Chinese people, and that he felt that, one day, Chinese law would be something worth being involved in.  So why not come back in fifteen years when things are rosier?  My impression, and its just my impression, mind you, is that Lehman really cared for the Chinese people, he was genuinely interested in what was going on in China and with the Chinese.  But it still seems a little crazy.

And right now, it looks like he was right, Chinese law is developing, it is growing, and it is something worth being a part of.  Call it a case of love and faith.