24 Jun 06
Originally posted by thechessguyBig business in the US (corporations) see China as an investment. 1 billion chinese can eat a lot of big macs and buy a lot of nikes.
why, if the us does not support communism, are we in debt to China?
And a debt is only a debt if you have to actually pay it back.
24 Jun 06
Originally posted by Freddie2006From a Chinese academic aquaintance, the feeling is that they live as employees of a corporation. Though given that historically they have had dynastic rule as a rule, my aquaintance's view was that democracy would be an inefficient model for her country, that ultimately, one clear direction although upsetting or even discrimanatory to some, in the long run would have the greatest benefit for all of China.
What is it then? A Dictatorship?
24 Jun 06
Originally posted by sword4damoclesSo we take title over substance now?
And for anyone doubting that China says the same thing about herself, here is a very short excerpt from ChinaNow.com and what China says about itself.
...Under the leadership of the Communist Party of China
http://www.chinatoday.com/law/no1law.htm
-JC
24 Jun 06
china is making a bunch of cheap substandard crap that the US has been hooked on since WW2....they took the place of what Japan once was. I have a feeling that China, though, will just keep making cheap crap, instead of upgrading like Japan did. China is teh suuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.
24 Jun 06
I was joking. The point I'm making is that your only real alternative to avoid becoming a debtor to a nation you happen to dislike in a supposedly free market is to repudiate your debts, which places you in a 1789-type scenario typically initiated by communist movements coming to power in developing nations.
24 Jun 06
Originally posted by General PutzerMuch like 5 series BMW's and Thinkpads under license to Lenova. Yeah real crappy stuff.
china is making a bunch of cheap substandard crap that the US has been hooked on since WW2....they took the place of what Japan once was. I have a feeling that China, though, will just keep making cheap crap, instead of upgrading like Japan did. China is teh suuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.