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10 Apr 2020, 10:23 am

Cause it seems to me like the USA is falling behind as we speak. :shrug:



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10 Apr 2020, 3:16 pm

China owns a considerable chunk of US real estate.



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10 Apr 2020, 3:19 pm

EzraS wrote:
China owns a considerable chunk of US real estate.

I believe they now own a lot of European stocks too.



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10 Apr 2020, 3:26 pm

Yeah: mostly dockyards and service infrastructure, think it’s only dockyards that they own outright though.

As far as I’m aware the situation is similar in parts of Africa.



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10 Apr 2020, 3:29 pm

I wonder what will become of the world when they become the world superpower?



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10 Apr 2020, 3:39 pm

Hmmm... I suspect there will be prolonged tension and many proxy wars between the US and the PRC: one will outlast the other.
Advantage to USA, but the PRC is not without strengths.



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10 Apr 2020, 3:52 pm

I guess the dragon will be fighting the eagle for a seat on the iron throne.



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10 Apr 2020, 4:16 pm

I suspect that the PRC will act more like the Iron Bank for the most part, but in essence yes.



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10 Apr 2020, 4:16 pm

DJT has been sounding the alarm.

he warned us that there are people who *don't love America*
he curtailed immigration
built a wall to keep out foreigners
developed *America first* policies
added tariffs on Chinese imports
he labeled coronavirus as the "Chinese virus"

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10 Apr 2020, 4:21 pm

Yeah, I know just how much better a job the States have done "ruling" the world. :roll:



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10 Apr 2020, 4:24 pm

TheRobotLives wrote:
DJT has been sounding the alarm.

he warned us that there are people who *don't love America*
he curtailed immigration
built a wall to keep out foreigners
developed *America first* policies
added tariffs on Chinese imports
he labeled coronavirus as the "Chinese virus"

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Yeah yeah Americans love their racist imbecile of a president, and also "a dragon is not a slave!" :ninja:



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10 Apr 2020, 4:35 pm

Trump is gonna bring the US crumbling down faster than Cersei did King's Landing.



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10 Apr 2020, 4:36 pm

I suspect the global opinion of China is about to drop rather steeply, and China does not have the capacity to wage a war on the entire western world, neither militarily nor financially. The situation is precarious, but China is playing a risky game.

Also, there's apparently efforts underway to sue China under international law for something like 6 trillion dollars.

Personally, I say Chine needs a regime change. Perhaps with...encouragement.


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10 Apr 2020, 4:44 pm

Wolfram87 wrote:

Personally, I say Chine needs a regime change. Perhaps with...encouragement.

Yeah, look at all the good it did when we invaded Iraq and overthrew their regime. That was sarcasm btw.



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10 Apr 2020, 4:48 pm

So you think it would have been better for the world to have mad king Saddam still in power?


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10 Apr 2020, 5:15 pm

They are buying our farmland.Its so they can grow it here,
ship to China,process,ship back, and resell to us and the only tax they would pay would be on the land.
What a carbon footprint.
There are states banning foreign ownership of US farm land.I hope more at states follow suit.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states ... ontext=amp


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