COVER STORY: CHINA 2008

The Rise of a Fierce Yet Fragile Superpower

The much-heralded advent of China as a global power is no longer a forecast but a reality. Now we, and they, must manage its triumph.

By Fareed Zakaria | NEWSWEEK
Dec. 31, 2007 - Jan. 7, 2008 issue

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  • Posted By: news_editor @ 01/16/2009 4:32:15 PM

    with our country going broke how good is that going to be for us? I wish them much lluck with their future though and glad to see that they at least are happy

  • Posted By: veleno @ 10/26/2008 8:16:11 PM

    Aside from spamming these sites with Obama propaganda, these are generalizations that don't make a very good intellectual argument. I am not saying that McCain should be elected, but you should check your facts. Unfortunately our democratic party is the one that refused to add regulatory oversight to fannie and freddy, and that's very well documented and acknowledged by all. Also, revisit who the largest financial institutions are: certainly not bear nor lehman. And Merrill was acquired at a good price. If you are concerned about pointing the finger, point it to everyone.

    • Posted By: Vote Now @ 10/29/2008 7:17:36 AM

      IM SORRY WOULD LARGEST WALL STREET FIRMS BE A BETTER TERM FOR YOU
      IM SURE THAT WILL MAKE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS THAT END UP WITHOUT JOBS FEEL ALOT BETTER DURING THE NEXT FEW YEARS

  • Posted By: Vote Now @ 10/29/2008 7:15:45 AM

    I follow an economist named Bob Proctor. He has called the top and bottom of every market crash since the 70s correctly.
    He perfectly predicted the current meltdown and the picture he paints about what will happen next
    is terrifying.He thinks it will be worse then the great depression.
    The banks in the U.S. are going under one after the other. Countrywide ,Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch , Fanny and Freddy Mae ,AIG
    The government took them over because they are bankrupt. Even with the goverment nationalizing hundreds of billions of dollars in debt the stock market is crashing
    the credit markets are frozen and all of us may suffer beyond anything seen in generations
    McCain just like Bush " doesn't understand the economy".
    That not just my opinion its his own words. Not only does he not understand how to fix it but he does not understand how its been broken.
    It is no surprise that he doesn't. The people that make up these securities use quantum mathematical models very few people understand.
    Bush and McCain both can take the credit for this mess since they helped deregulate the laws that were protecting us.
    Bush's economic advisor Phil Graham wrote the deregulation bill that allowed banks to take huge risks with all of our future.
    Now, Phil Graham is the head of McCain's economic policy.He is also McCain's choice for the next secretary of the treasury.
    No one in this country can afford for that to happen. The last time Bush met with his economic advisors was in March. He was the last to know somthing was wrong. Phil Graham had the guts to say that we are in a mental recession after he helped create the worst economy meltdown in our lifetime. Check out this link to the truth http://my.barackobama.com/keatingvideo
    It will take the best and brightest minds in the world to get us out of this nightmare. As bad as Bush has done, McCain would be
    even more destructive because things are in much worse shape. The next president will not inherit a budget surplus like Bush did but a crashing economy and a 11,600,000,000,000 (trillion) dollars deficit. Most of it Bush created and it will take decades to pay it back.
    If you do what you have always done then you will get what you have always got.
    When it comes to policy Bush and McCain are the same 90 percent of the time.
    So why are the polls even close then ?
    Mccains team just said they no longer want to talk about the economy.Instead they would like to spend time talking about obama
    which means running the biggest smear campaign in history.
    They think they can just tell you lies and you wont be smart enough to see through it
    Let's teach him we are smarter than that
    Stand up and hold them accountable
    Bush isn't on the ballot this year but his policies are
    Elect Obama Biden 2008






    Check out this video of sarah palins interview and ask your self if she understands what she is talking about.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r36Xc0GG4iQ

  • Posted By: Vote Now @ 10/29/2008 7:15:35 AM

    I follow an economist named Bob Proctor. He has called the top and bottom of every market crash since the 70s correctly.
    He perfectly predicted the current meltdown and the picture he paints about what will happen next
    is terrifying.He thinks it will be worse then the great depression.
    The banks in the U.S. are going under one after the other. Countrywide ,Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch , Fanny and Freddy Mae ,AIG
    The government took them over because they are bankrupt. Even with the goverment nationalizing hundreds of billions of dollars in debt the stock market is crashing
    the credit markets are frozen and all of us may suffer beyond anything seen in generations
    McCain just like Bush " doesn't understand the economy".
    That not just my opinion its his own words. Not only does he not understand how to fix it but he does not understand how its been broken.
    It is no surprise that he doesn't. The people that make up these securities use quantum mathematical models very few people understand.
    Bush and McCain both can take the credit for this mess since they helped deregulate the laws that were protecting us.
    Bush's economic advisor Phil Graham wrote the deregulation bill that allowed banks to take huge risks with all of our future.
    Now, Phil Graham is the head of McCain's economic policy.He is also McCain's choice for the next secretary of the treasury.
    No one in this country can afford for that to happen. The last time Bush met with his economic advisors was in March. He was the last to know somthing was wrong. Phil Graham had the guts to say that we are in a mental recession after he helped create the worst economy meltdown in our lifetime. Check out this link to the truth http://my.barackobama.com/keatingvideo
    It will take the best and brightest minds in the world to get us out of this nightmare. As bad as Bush has done, McCain would be
    even more destructive because things are in much worse shape. The next president will not inherit a budget surplus like Bush did but a crashing economy and a 11,600,000,000,000 (trillion) dollars deficit. Most of it Bush created and it will take decades to pay it back.
    If you do what you have always done then you will get what you have always got.
    When it comes to policy Bush and McCain are the same 90 percent of the time.
    So why are the polls even close then ?
    Mccains team just said they no longer want to talk about the economy.Instead they would like to spend time talking about obama
    which means running the biggest smear campaign in history.
    They think they can just tell you lies and you wont be smart enough to see through it
    Let's teach him we are smarter than that
    Stand up and hold them accountable
    Bush isn't on the ballot this year but his policies are
    Elect Obama Biden 2008






    Check out this video of sarah palins interview and ask your self if she understands what she is talking about.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r36Xc0GG4iQ

  • Posted By: Vote Now @ 10/29/2008 7:15:27 AM

    I follow an economist named Bob Proctor. He has called the top and bottom of every market crash since the 70s correctly.
    He perfectly predicted the current meltdown and the picture he paints about what will happen next
    is terrifying.He thinks it will be worse then the great depression.
    The banks in the U.S. are going under one after the other. Countrywide ,Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch , Fanny and Freddy Mae ,AIG
    The government took them over because they are bankrupt. Even with the goverment nationalizing hundreds of billions of dollars in debt the stock market is crashing
    the credit markets are frozen and all of us may suffer beyond anything seen in generations
    McCain just like Bush " doesn't understand the economy".
    That not just my opinion its his own words. Not only does he not understand how to fix it but he does not understand how its been broken.
    It is no surprise that he doesn't. The people that make up these securities use quantum mathematical models very few people understand.
    Bush and McCain both can take the credit for this mess since they helped deregulate the laws that were protecting us.
    Bush's economic advisor Phil Graham wrote the deregulation bill that allowed banks to take huge risks with all of our future.
    Now, Phil Graham is the head of McCain's economic policy.He is also McCain's choice for the next secretary of the treasury.
    No one in this country can afford for that to happen. The last time Bush met with his economic advisors was in March. He was the last to know somthing was wrong. Phil Graham had the guts to say that we are in a mental recession after he helped create the worst economy meltdown in our lifetime. Check out this link to the truth http://my.barackobama.com/keatingvideo
    It will take the best and brightest minds in the world to get us out of this nightmare. As bad as Bush has done, McCain would be
    even more destructive because things are in much worse shape. The next president will not inherit a budget surplus like Bush did but a crashing economy and a 11,600,000,000,000 (trillion) dollars deficit. Most of it Bush created and it will take decades to pay it back.
    If you do what you have always done then you will get what you have always got.
    When it comes to policy Bush and McCain are the same 90 percent of the time.
    So why are the polls even close then ?
    Mccains team just said they no longer want to talk about the economy.Instead they would like to spend time talking about obama
    which means running the biggest smear campaign in history.
    They think they can just tell you lies and you wont be smart enough to see through it
    Let's teach him we are smarter than that
    Stand up and hold them accountable
    Bush isn't on the ballot this year but his policies are
    Elect Obama Biden 2008






    Check out this video of sarah palins interview and ask your self if she understands what she is talking about.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r36Xc0GG4iQ

  • Posted By: veleno @ 10/26/2008 8:16:23 PM

    Aside from spamming these sites with Obama propaganda, these are generalizations that don't make a very good intellectual argument. I am not saying that McCain should be elected, but you should check your facts. Unfortunately our democratic party is the one that refused to add regulatory oversight to fannie and freddy, and that's very well documented and acknowledged by all. Also, revisit who the largest financial institutions are: certainly not bear nor lehman. And Merrill was acquired at a good price. If you are concerned about pointing the finger, point it to everyone.

  • Posted By: veleno @ 10/26/2008 8:16:17 PM

    Aside from spamming these sites with Obama propaganda, these are generalizations that don't make a very good intellectual argument. I am not saying that McCain should be elected, but you should check your facts. Unfortunately our democratic party is the one that refused to add regulatory oversight to fannie and freddy, and that's very well documented and acknowledged by all. Also, revisit who the largest financial institutions are: certainly not bear nor lehman. And Merrill was acquired at a good price. If you are concerned about pointing the finger, point it to everyone.

  • Posted By: cani77 @ 10/05/2008 10:23:30 PM

    n a few weeks we will make a choice that will decide our future.
    I follow an economist named Bob Proctor. He has called the top and bottom of every market crash since the 70s correctly.
    Also, he perfectly predicted the current real estate market meltdown and the picture he paints about what will happen in the next couple years
    is terrifying.He thinks it will be worse then the great depression.
    The banks in the U.S. are going under one after the other. Countrywide the largest morgage bank in the world,Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch which are 3 out of the top 5 wall street firms. Also, Fanny and Freddy Mae which hold 50 percent of the home loans in the United States.
    The government took them over because they are essentially bankrupt.If they didn't the entire financially system would virtually shut down, the stock market would crash and we would suffer beyond what any of us have seen before.

    McCain just like Bush " doesn't understand the economy".
    That not just my opinion its his own words. Not only does he not understand how to fix it but he does not understand exactly what is broken.
    It is no surprise that he doesn't. The people that make up these securities use complex mathematical models very few people understand.
    Bush and McCain both can take the credit for this mess since they helped deregulate the laws that were protecting us.

    Bush's economic advisor Phil Graham wrote the deregulation bill that allowed banks to take huge risks with all of our future.
    Now, Phil Graham is the head of McCain's economic policy.He is also McCain's choice for the next secretary of the treasury.
    No one in this country can afford for that to happen. The last time Bush met with his economic advisors was in March. He either didn't care or didn't realize that anything was wrong. Phil Graham had the guts to say that we are in a mental recession after he helped create the worst economy meltdown in our lifetime.
    It will take the best and brightest minds in the world to get us out of this nightmare. As bad as Bush has done, McCain would be
    even more destructive because things are in much worse shape. The next president will not inherit a surplus like Bush did but a tanking economy and a 11,600,000,000,000 (trillion) dollars deficit. Most of it Bush created and it will take decades to pay it back.
    If you do what you have always done then you will get what you have always got.
    When it comes to policy Bush and McCain are the same 90 percent of the time.
    So why are the polls even close then ?




    Mccains spokesperson just said they dont want to talk about the economy anymore. Instead they would rather make up lies and
    and half truths and try a smear campaign .

    Hold them accountable NOW!
    Elect Obama Biden 2008




    Check out this video of sarah palins interview it will blow you away


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r36Xc0GG4iQ

    • Posted By: veleno @ 10/26/2008 8:12:00 PM

      These are generalizations that don't make a very good intellectual argument. I am not saying that McCain should be elected, but you should check your facts. Unfortunately our democratic party is who refused to add regulatory oversight to fannie and freddy, and that's very well documented and acknowledged by all. Also, revisit who the largest financial institutions are: certainly not bear nor lehman. Merrill was acquired at a good price.

  • Posted By: cani77 @ 10/05/2008 10:23:39 PM

    n a few weeks we will make a choice that will decide our future.
    I follow an economist named Bob Proctor. He has called the top and bottom of every market crash since the 70s correctly.
    Also, he perfectly predicted the current real estate market meltdown and the picture he paints about what will happen in the next couple years
    is terrifying.He thinks it will be worse then the great depression.
    The banks in the U.S. are going under one after the other. Countrywide the largest morgage bank in the world,Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch which are 3 out of the top 5 wall street firms. Also, Fanny and Freddy Mae which hold 50 percent of the home loans in the United States.
    The government took them over because they are essentially bankrupt.If they didn't the entire financially system would virtually shut down, the stock market would crash and we would suffer beyond what any of us have seen before.

    McCain just like Bush " doesn't understand the economy".
    That not just my opinion its his own words. Not only does he not understand how to fix it but he does not understand exactly what is broken.
    It is no surprise that he doesn't. The people that make up these securities use complex mathematical models very few people understand.
    Bush and McCain both can take the credit for this mess since they helped deregulate the laws that were protecting us.

    Bush's economic advisor Phil Graham wrote the deregulation bill that allowed banks to take huge risks with all of our future.
    Now, Phil Graham is the head of McCain's economic policy.He is also McCain's choice for the next secretary of the treasury.
    No one in this country can afford for that to happen. The last time Bush met with his economic advisors was in March. He either didn't care or didn't realize that anything was wrong. Phil Graham had the guts to say that we are in a mental recession after he helped create the worst economy meltdown in our lifetime.
    It will take the best and brightest minds in the world to get us out of this nightmare. As bad as Bush has done, McCain would be
    even more destructive because things are in much worse shape. The next president will not inherit a surplus like Bush did but a tanking economy and a 11,600,000,000,000 (trillion) dollars deficit. Most of it Bush created and it will take decades to pay it back.
    If you do what you have always done then you will get what you have always got.
    When it comes to policy Bush and McCain are the same 90 percent of the time.
    So why are the polls even close then ?




    Mccains spokesperson just said they dont want to talk about the economy anymore. Instead they would rather make up lies and
    and half truths and try a smear campaign .

    Hold them accountable NOW!
    Elect Obama Biden 2008




    Check out this video of sarah palins interview it will blow you away


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r36Xc0GG4iQ

  • Posted By: spitfire88 @ 01/01/2008 8:37:08 AM

    XMAN_VN is full of xit. The names Paracel and Spratley are Anglicized renditions of islands that had belonged to China before the European came to East Asia. In deciding whether an island belongs to a certain nation, the best evidence comes from historical maps available in Western universities BEFORE oil and gas resources are discovered. All those maps show unequivocally that the islands in the South China Sea had been part of Chinese territory. Vietnam had never laid claim to any of the islands before fossil-based oil and gas were discovered in the South China Sea. The people of this nation isn't particularly noted for honesty and fair play. It had received the equivalent (in today's terms) of 80 billion yuan from the Chinese government in its fight against the French and the Americans before winning its independence. Yet it has shamelessly tried to have the cake and eat it too -- by accepting Chinese aid on the one hand, while serreptitiously nibbling away Chinese territory in the South China Sea.

    Chinese is a peace-loving country. If the land grab this nut has been talking about in his post has actually been on China's mind, it would have done it hundreds if not thousands of years ago. Why did China even help Vietnam to achieve national re-unification if conquest was on her mind?

    • Posted By: renderr @ 08/12/2008 2:13:24 AM

      to spiritfire88:
      You are one funny person. I couldn't help but laugh the whole way through your post. Did you really expect people to take it seriously when it is so full of nationalistic garbage? How old are you, really?

  • Posted By: Luvcreole @ 12/22/2007 5:45:37 PM

    The assertion that America moved up the totem pole to replace England as the world's number one superpower without a fight is false. We fought two open wars with them as a part of that rise, and one proxy war with them. First war: The Revolution...which wasn't nearly as much as about freedom as we've been taught. Second war: The War of 1812.....the Revolution part two. And the war by proxy? The Civil War. England was on the side of the Confederacy, but would not jump in unless the South showed it could pull off a victory big enough to potentially win the rebellion. If we had lost Gettysburg, more than likely, that would've been enough to send the Red Coats in on the side of the South, and you can summarize what would've happened to the Union under those circumstances. So, clashes between powers do in fact happen and are eventually likely. Especially in the earliest stages of transition

    • Posted By: jackson5 @ 12/24/2007 12:49:08 PM

      "All empires end because the countries go bankrupt, and the, and the currency crashes. That's what happening. And we need to come out of this sensibly rather than waiting for a financial crisis." excerpt of Ron Paul Meet the Press Interview 12/23/2008

      Please Vote for Change who ever you vote for, we can not sustain: policing the world, maintaining 100's of military installations ,and caring for our needy at the same time right now. China just landed on the moon, how long ere they researching that? Buy bread not bullets.

      • Posted By: kelisi @ 02/14/2008 11:55:20 PM

        I grow weary of the Chinese tendency to go "tit for tat" when their government or anything about their country is criticized. "Well, you're worse!!!" It's like the "I'm rubber, you're glue" thing we used to do as kids. With Chinese it's never the criticism itself that's the issue as much as who is saying it. As an American living in China I see lots of positive things happening here and lots of negative as well. Most Chinese who have the means to post comments here are probably doing pretty well in the "new" China. Half a billion or so others definitely are not. You won't hear from them on forums like this one. Keep that in mind.

  • Posted By: ipfreak @ 01/07/2008 3:01:44 PM

    so what is your definition of "democracy"? just elections? i have been living in the states for over 20 years. as far as i concerned, the difference between the donkey and the elephant is like one party called "the party of the united states" with two major different sections.

    when i was in zambia, witnessed election there. with hundreds of obervers from europe, or the states, stayed in nice hotels. i was wondering 1) a country's election has to be supervised by others, what kind of "democracy" is that? 2) with incredible amount of poverty, lack of basic accommodations for people, why not spend the money for those badly needed, instead of those ???observers???? 3) i didn???t see any obvious improvement in terms of corruptions, poverty and human rights with those elections happening in africa. the best answer I got from an European observer was ???those have nothing to do with democracy???.

    thanks god for that answer. let someone else to have that ???democracy??? and china should walk own way and search for own definitions and contents of true democracy.




    • Posted By: kelisi @ 02/14/2008 11:46:11 PM

      I live in China and can say confidently that its government is absolutely terrified of anyone who dares to criticize it out loud. Folks always seem to either look over their shoulder or reduce their voice to a whisper whenever discussing the government. I've seen it first hand. Anyone who says China is a "TRUE DEMOCRACY" is a complete moron.

    • Posted By: julian7 @ 01/08/2008 7:12:46 AM

      mankind from times bygone ,have always searched for some form of trying to find a perfect way to rule and be ruled, we call it all sorts of Ocracies, we are still on our way to improve governing and being governed at the same time. In the meantime, let's talk about it.

  • Posted By: happysean13 @ 12/25/2007 11:37:22 AM

    I am Chinese , our country love peace and harmony, we just need peace rising, some of the news is fake, I know, because I am Chinese, I hate the fake news. I hope some American can go to China, and see what it the big change , That is the big differenr between what the news broadcast. I hope you like it.

    • Posted By: kelisi @ 02/14/2008 11:35:15 PM

      I'm an American living in China and some of the comments I have read from Chinese citizens is both laughable and predictable. To begin with, only a farily educated, and here in China that means "wealthy," person would even have access to this site and be able to respond to it in intelligible English. As someone who lives here it disturbs me to no end how different the rhetoric is from the reality. Most Chinese I have met are incredibly "classist" and hold poor people in utter contempt while talking about how China is "rising." There is an incredibly tiny minority here getting wealthy while most folks aren't much better off than they were 30 years ago. China's "wealth" is a mirage.

  • Posted By: Calgaryview @ 01/21/2008 9:37:55 PM

    Zakaria???s article is different from most western media???s China reports. As a Chinese having lived in North America for 18 years, I often find western medias are quite superficial when they talk about China. They only stay at moral criticism, using a few ???human right???, ???democracy??? concepts. They don???t know china???s history and what Chinese think. They are quite self-righteousness, see the world black and white, good and evil. They tend to believe they know other countries better than the peoples having lived on that land for generations. They like to teach other countries solutions and impose their values.

    I know China has changed a lot, even in legal and political area. Like Zakaria said, the political changes ???is not enough, but it is not insignificant, either???. We all know China needs more democracy to protect citizen???s rights and environment, to restrain corruptions. But it takes time for such a huge country. We Chinese don???t want to see China become second Soviet Union. Considering China???s huge population and scarce resources (north china does not even have enough water!) if what happened to Soviet Union in 1989 happened in China, that would be disastrous! Western critics may not care; they don???t live on that land.

    Zakaria???s article is totally different from what I read or heard of a lot of China reports. It???s fair and objective. Thank you Zakaria, and thank you News Week for publishing such a good article.

  • Posted By: hhwang @ 01/15/2008 7:17:11 PM

    There are two more things that happened to China in 2007, which Zakaria didn't quote but I think are phenomenal: 1) China had the biggest IPO (Alibaba's) that beat Google's; 2) Shanghai Stock Exchange exceeded New York for the first time in terms of volumes. I think the real fear is the United States to slow down, not China to speed up.

  • Posted By: johnkim100530 @ 01/08/2008 2:15:42 AM

    I agree with random_reader. China invented gun powder. They will invent new kind of political system which the western civilization has never imagined before.
    So-caled democracy is a great fraud. No individual really posses political power. Masses are only manipulated by power elites. The essence of government is the relation between the ruler and the ruled ever since history began.

  • Posted By: spitfire88 @ 01/01/2008 8:57:13 AM

    What is strange is just the opposite. The Lone superpower has no potential competitor(s) on its two international borders, and to the east and west it is surrounded by oceans of water which afford unmatched natural barriers to any s from afar, yet hardly a day goes by without this hegemon talking about a ???threat??? from China. If you look at its military expenditures, it spends more than the rest of the world combined. If you look at its military allies, they span all the inhabited continents except Africa. So why is it crying wolf and talking about China being a threat all the time?

    That behavior is in fact indicative of the most vicious form of racism in our world today.

    What it means is that it regards its pre-eminence over the ???colored peoples??? as its preordained rights, and wants to maintain the status quo forever. Any ???colored??? peoples ending with ???-ese??? aspiring to play even the second or third fiddle isn???t allowed to do so, and if you complain, they???ll comically turn the tables and call you ???racist??? right away.

    Like I said repeatedly, do not claim ignorance on this part of world history. You all need to go and do some research online and answer these two questions for yourself:

    1. What evil has China ever done to the rest of the world?

    2. What evil has Japan NOT done to the rest of the world?

    If you do a conscientious search, you'd have your answers to the two Big Questions.

    That's why the accusations from the likes of XMAN_VN that China is intent on conquering Southeast Asia are patently absurd.

    What he thinks he is witnessing is the natural reaction amongst victims -- so many Western nations including Japan had invaded and humiliated her in the hundred-odd years before Mao stood on the TAM rostrum that when we had less confidence of ourselves, many of us grouped them together and called them "guizi???or ???gweilo??? which literally means "devils." If America had been invaded by eight "yellow" nations in 1900 and its national treasures pillaged or burnt to the ground, and its women raped to death, and its kids bayoneted on a up-down free fall, wouldn't he have reacted the same way about "yellow men" too?

    • Posted By: random_reader2007 @ 01/07/2008 10:11:19 PM

      China has done many, many, many evils towards its minority populations and its smaller neighbors.

  • Posted By: ZIOTEN @ 01/07/2008 2:46:36 AM

    Advent? :) I'd rather call it the rererenaissance...

  • Posted By: Concerned US_Citizen @ 12/22/2007 9:17:55 PM

    Thanks to the US Corporations sending manufacturing abroad, China has prospered, the US Corporations have prospered, the US has lost hobs for their Citizens. In return for giving China a better economy we get inferior end products from China including potential lead poisoning, ingredients lethal to our children, and pets. Our money is helping them expand their military, weapons and nuclear energy but i haven't heard any derogatory comments from the White House. Corporations are still sending their products to China to be manufactured. Now, that they are the number 1 air polluter it did take the heat off the US for their commitment to clean up the air here. If you think their toys are bad try all those electrical components that replace wall receptacles and extension cords. We, the average US Citisen laborer and consumer have been sold out at the coporate level, Congress and the White House. When China gets all of our business they will be most likely to take over the US of all the world powers. When war comes to our shores our military will be everywhere else in the world except where they belong,HERE AT HOME, defeending our home. Not only does the White House need an overhaul so does the Congress and Corporate TAXES.

    • Posted By: ashesoftime @ 01/07/2008 1:41:50 AM

      A typical brain-washed american who believes every negative thing told by the media. Well, I guess you have no choice because a typical american only speaks one laguage. Whatever they sell you, you have to buy it.
      1. Yes. There are many recalls about the Chinese products. But do you know why Mattel appologized to China?
      2. No 1 air polluter? China has 1.6 billion people, STUPID!! Each of you contributes 4 more times CO2 than a Chinese
      3. Worry about the tax money? Think about the IRAQ war, i guess you never think.

    • Posted By: chongyeeyap @ 01/04/2008 11:34:08 AM

      To concerned US citizen ! Brother, you sure as hell make your President and all your Corporate CEO sound like they are a bunch mudheads, but are you the President of the USA or Congressman ? I doubt it because if you were you will not be writing such rubbish. The reason why the USA has transfered your Jobs to China is because China today is the world's most efficient Manufacturer. You see an American mechinest and turner earns a salary of US$30,000 per year while a Chinese man doing the exact same job gets paid US$3000 per year. It is obvious that the USA is the world's least efficient manufacturer, so is it any surprise that your CEO goes to China and get greater efficiency out of the Chinese ?

      You pay yourself too high for doing very little !

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