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Vexcalibur
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08 Nov 2011, 2:52 pm

Apparently, the US do:

http://www.theatlantic.com/internationa ... on/247821/


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08 Nov 2011, 3:02 pm

China is a superpower politically and militarily, so why wouldn't the leaders of other nations be concerned about the opinions of the leaders of China? The States owe a heck of a lot of money to China also, since they are willing to continue to finance a stupid debt based economy, so they practically have the States in an economic noose. So why should the United States not care about the emotional state of those who govern China?



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08 Nov 2011, 3:04 pm

I never said the US shouldn't care. But this news bit is useful in case anyone believes that what you posted is untrue.


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08 Nov 2011, 3:12 pm

If China stops buying U.S. debt notes (i.e. lending us money) we will go belly up.

They lend us money and we buy their inferior goods.

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08 Nov 2011, 3:19 pm

ruveyn wrote:
If China stops buying U.S. debt notes (i.e. lending us money) we will go belly up.

They lend us money and we buy their inferior goods.

ruveyn


we buy their high quality goods too.



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08 Nov 2011, 4:30 pm

I say we go bankrupt on China. A fresh start will help the economy.



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08 Nov 2011, 4:55 pm

They lend us money. So we can go into debt buying thier products. So they can make more money. Which they invest by lending that money to us. So we can go into debt buying more of their products. Which enables them to lend us more money. So we buy more of their products, which...



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08 Nov 2011, 5:07 pm

Vexcalibur wrote:
I never said the US shouldn't care. But this news bit is useful in case anyone believes that what you posted is untrue.


No, you didn't say that. Your OP never said that we should but that we do and I was more responding to the thread's title than to the assertion and the link of the OP. The US Treasury Notes and Wal-Mart are to America what the Silk Road was to Rome though.



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08 Nov 2011, 7:54 pm

ruveyn wrote:
If China stops buying U.S. debt notes (i.e. lending us money) we will go belly up.

They lend us money and we buy their inferior goods.

ruveyn

And if we go belly up and quit buying their (inferior) goods, they'll go belly up.



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08 Nov 2011, 8:07 pm

Or ...would they?


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08 Nov 2011, 8:21 pm

Vexcalibur wrote:
Or ...would they?


They'd probably just sell more weapons to our current enemies.



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08 Nov 2011, 8:36 pm

ruveyn wrote:
If China stops buying U.S. debt notes (i.e. lending us money) we will go belly up.

They lend us money and we buy their inferior goods.

ruveyn
The Chinese are capable of building quality goods. They are built to our inferior specs.



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08 Nov 2011, 8:42 pm

Japan used to have a reputation for producing inferior goods for export to the USA. Now, products made in Japan are top quality.

Chinese products used to be very cheap and very low quality. Now, they are still cheap, but the quality is quite a lot higher than what it used to be.



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09 Nov 2011, 3:34 am

pandabear wrote:
Japan used to have a reputation for producing inferior goods for export to the USA. Now, products made in Japan are top quality.

Chinese products used to be very cheap and very low quality. Now, they are still cheap, but the quality is quite a lot higher than what it used to be.


They have a long way to go. Many corners are cut both in quality and safety.

Think of meat production in the U.S. back around the time -The Jungle- was published.

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09 Nov 2011, 6:06 am

Tibet isn't any of our business. It is not in our interests to meddle in the internal affairs of China.



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09 Nov 2011, 7:49 am

Jacoby wrote:
Tibet isn't any of our business. It is not in our interests to meddle in the internal affairs of China.
Plain cowardice. Everyone should always shunt aside special interests in the service of good. If tibetans don't want china belly-flopping them then it instantly becomes my concern. To do otherwise would be a crime against a whole people.