I didn't mean it to be cryptic... if you are going to invest in China (kind of the "wild wild west" of markets), you had better have trading skills.  Jim Rogers is a huge China fan, but he trades stocks... he doesn't buy and hold forever.

In reality, I am not sure that any investor that buys individual stocks can afford to be ignorant about trading skills.  If you are going to be a passive investor, then own mutual funds and depend on your manager's trading skills.  There just haven't been very many stocks in history that have stayed good for a very long time.  There are a few PG's and JNJ's, but not many.  Even GE has reached a point where it probably isn't a buy-and-hold.

erryl