I think Sunfish had a point when he posted quite some time ago, this post.
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As we all know, the growth potential of the PRC is gigantic
NO! NO! NO!
The growth potential for Chinese owned and controlled businesses is gigantic.
The growth potential for non Chinese businesses that do not have ironclad control of their intellectual property or another barrier to entry is flat effing ZERO!!!!
How do I get this message through the thick heads around here? The only people in China allowed to make money out of other Chinese are Chinese!
Even if Jetstar HK was ever established, the chances of it (a) making a profit and (b) repatriating that profit to Australia are plain ******* zero! There is no way Jetstar HKG can ever make a profit for the Qantas group, at best you might get one dollar more than you invested."
Perhaps Alan and Jane simply ignored what others knew and carried on regardless.
The cost has been very high indeed.