Perhaps list-members could help this student.  If so, please email the  
student directly.

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> From: Pietro Barucca <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: January 18, 2008 10:49:02 AM GMT-05:00
> To: Matthew McKean <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: opium prohibition
>
>  Goodmorning professor McKean,
> I’m a Chinese language and culture student at Naples ’ university  
> “L’Orientale”.
> I'm about to apply for a research scholarship of the Chinese  
> Governement and I'm planning to make a resarch on the opium  
> prohibition issue.
> I wonder if you can help me to contact someboby working on this  
> field in the PRC.
> I'd really like to ask some help to a specialist and I need to know  
> if there's some work on this issue going on in the PRC at the moment.
> I hope I didn’t make you waste too much time and I apologize for my  
> bad English.
> Thank you very much for your attention.
>
> Pietro Barucca
>
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