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Originally posted by TremorTracker316
Having lived in China for more than a couple of years I think the MSM makes us believe they are not like us. I do not believe nor do I think the end begins with china. What a great country and what a great people.
If you have not been there and lived there for a year or two then shut the f... up.
Originally posted by DakotaCensus
Originally posted by Germanicus
reply to post by swampcricket
due to the aggressiveness of the Chinese claims of territories in the south china sea.
And this is a ludicrous thing to say. America should pack up its demonic Imperialism and go home while they still can. What the hell right do you guys have being in our part of the world annoying China and stirring up trouble??? Go home.edit on 12-5-2012 by Germanicus because: (no reason given)
Wouldn't disagree about America packing it up and going home, but don't underestimate the provocation countries in southeast Asia engage in.
They were burning Chinese flags in Manila a few days ago in response to the most recent dispute over a fishing vessel or something. While this is going on the US and Philippines announce joint military training operations. So the US is certainly taking advantage of the situation to project power in this region by allowing smaller countries to leverage their military power against China. And these smaller countries would be foolish not to do so given China's overwhelming military power compared to other countries in the region.
Originally posted by pushmepullu
reply to post by Germanicus
you are right on point in respect to going home while we still can .america should send back all the cheap made wallmart crap. america should send back the poisoned food stuffs america should stop sending china all our recyclable scrap steel and let them make the the wallmart junk out of bamboo
Originally posted by swampcricket
Due to the economic uprise and the power of the Chinese government and milatary do you foresee ww3 being a pan Asian conflict with the U.S. and china being the main countrys coing head to head due to the aggressiveness of the Chinese claims of territories in the south china sea.
hold on one minute ,how cheap are they ,and where would one find them
Originally posted by Germanicus
Originally posted by pushmepullu
reply to post by Germanicus
you are right on point in respect to going home while we still can .america should send back all the cheap made wallmart crap. america should send back the poisoned food stuffs america should stop sending china all our recyclable scrap steel and let them make the the wallmart junk out of bamboo
Are you kidding? Whatever you try to make,China makes it better and undercuts you. Why do you think Solyndra failed. China made a heap of cheap solar panels and flooded the market. Its called economic warfare and China is destroying you. They are efficient,sensible and hard working. Do you associate those things with America? I dont.
Originally posted by DakotaCensus
Originally posted by Germanicus
reply to post by RSF77
The US is having a bad day and still out competes China dramatically in any and every area, I don't see how that implies that China is "beating" us at anything.
Are you serious? What the heck are you reading?
China is the most sensible government of the modern era. They laugh at America. They think you are fools.
The rise of China is an economic miracle. America had all the cards but still managed to fail.
What are you basing that statement on? China is a country where most people don't come anywhere near being able to afford housing, inflation far outstrips wage gains over the last 10 years, good health care is unaffordable for virtually everyone, and they have a rapidly approaching demographic problem that will make what happened in Japan after the 1980's look mild by comparison.
All of this is not to mention that massive ill will they are beginning to accumulate in Africa and southeast Asia, as the mostly government owned corporations cosy up with corrupt governments and strip areas of their natural resources. There is an incredible amount of unrest in the western part of the country that goes mostly unreported, and they have started to attract the attention of Islamic terrorists for their treatment of Muslims throughout much of the country.
perhaps that if the Philippines didn't have the US as an ally they may have just backed down right away.
Originally posted by pushmepullu
hold on one minute ,how cheap are they ,and where would one find them
Originally posted by Germanicus
Originally posted by pushmepullu
reply to post by Germanicus
you are right on point in respect to going home while we still can .america should send back all the cheap made wallmart crap. america should send back the poisoned food stuffs america should stop sending china all our recyclable scrap steel and let them make the the wallmart junk out of bamboo
Are you kidding? Whatever you try to make,China makes it better and undercuts you. Why do you think Solyndra failed. China made a heap of cheap solar panels and flooded the market. Its called economic warfare and China is destroying you. They are efficient,sensible and hard working. Do you associate those things with America? I dont.
Originally posted by DakotaCensus
reply to post by Germanicus
First of all I am not American, and have no stake in their success or failure.
Your claims regarding debt and currency reserves are simplistic. They ignore the fact that as China is a major holder of much of that debt, and of huge amounts of US currency reserves every peg the US moves down drags down Chinese wealth accordingly.
The two economies are tied together very tightly. Recent economic data shows an alarming slowdown in Chinese growth, due in large part to less purchasing of import by European and American customers, and China is still in no place to rely on domestic consumption to fuel growth.
And who cares who laughs at who if it is based on basic misunderstandings of the global economy.
as the quote grows infinitely smaller, i cant argue with that . sovereignty is key .me and mine is all thats important to me,not the government that screws us over ,rather its halliburton or yang-ming
Originally posted by Germanicus
Originally posted by pushmepullu
hold on one minute ,how cheap are they ,and where would one find them
Originally posted by Germanicus
Originally posted by pushmepullu
reply to post by Germanicus
you are right on point in respect to going home while we still can .america should send back all the cheap made wallmart crap. america should send back the poisoned food stuffs america should stop sending china all our recyclable scrap steel and let them make the the wallmart junk out of bamboo
Are you kidding? Whatever you try to make,China makes it better and undercuts you. Why do you think Solyndra failed. China made a heap of cheap solar panels and flooded the market. Its called economic warfare and China is destroying you. They are efficient,sensible and hard working. Do you associate those things with America? I dont.
Im not sure. Google it though. China does this with eveything. When you hear Donald Trump saying China is screwing America it is true. They thwart you at every turn.edit on 12-5-2012 by Germanicus because: (no reason given)
They manipulate the price of metals to screw you. They do lots of things.They are playing americas game and beating them.
State Capitalism beats Corporatism. Its because the corporatist has no sovereignty.edit on 12-5-2012 by Germanicus because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by DakotaCensus
reply to post by Germanicus
You cannot foreclose without accepting a major write-down in value.
In China's case that would mean accepting a loss of 1,178.9 bl from US debt holdings, and a major write-down on the value of their 3.2 tr is US currency reserves.
Combined with the loss of import revenues from US consumers this would obliterate the Chinese economies, along with every other major economy in the world.
Originally posted by DakotaCensus
reply to post by Germanicus
Alright, fine. After China forces the economic collapse of the US and Europe, they will use their then worthless foreign currency reserves to purchase all of those nations because they would have no choice but to accept monopoly money at that time.