china is a comin'

vodkazvictim

Why save the world, when you can rule it?
The trouble with most of your list, vod, is that during the last 150 years, almost every nation with an organized government has been guilty of similar if not the exact same charges. The names change but power does what it does. :)

There are several big things I think will come back to bite China in the ass. From the outside, the most obvious is lending so much to the US. There's no way China will ever get their money back and the dollar will continue to lose value through 2020. They most likely knew this going in and are betting the US will need to cut some sort of deal in the future. Not to sound like a Fox News commentator but folks in Alaska better figure out how to say "Drill, baby, drill!" in Mandarin. ;)

They also need to start dumping money into quality infrastructure. A country as large as China could spend half of its GDP on new projects and it wouldn't be enough but expanding their rail system and bringing high speed rail to rural areas should be a priority. With so much new wealth and an actual middle class (which didn't even exist 40 years ago) the larger cities on the mainland are becoming overcrowded and are always congested with traffic. There is no rush or peak hour in some cities, just a near-constant traffic jam. Beijing is limiting the number of new vehicle registrations with a lottery but that's not a remedy. Making it easy for people to live well outside of the city but have less than an hour commute via rail or other mass transit system would help considerably. Getting more cargo off the highways would be even better.

China could also use nationwide standards for big things like worker's rights and building and pollution regulations. Heck, they could even stand to improve simple things like contract law.

I never claimed that other nations were innocent of any wrong doing :nono:
Why was it a bad idea to lend to the americans? By keeping africa in debt the west has been getting a lot of income for a long time now.

I'm not overly familiar with chinese infrastructure, sorry.
Damn right china could use workers rights. It goes without saying, but so could the west.
 
The bubble will burst in China before 2016. Remember in the '80s when Japan's economy was invincible, perfect, how they bought everything in sight. But by 1990 the good times were over. China is headed for the same.

even though i dont agree about most of your posts, this time you are right, there are few families control the world, so if china grows more than they want, we will see a new war...
 

Kingfisher

Here Zombie, Zombie, Zombie...
even though i dont agree about most of your posts, this time you are right, there are few families control the world, so if china grows more than they want, we will see a new war...

Hence the premise for the remake of Red Dawn. I guess I should start selling the "Better Dead than Red" stickers for the Republicans. And the "Better Red than Dead" stickers for the Democrats? I'll make my money and skip town.
 
Let's not forget the ports China finances around the Indian Ocean.
This will be the new geopolitical stage for mayor events, like the Atlantic was in the 20th century.

Also, look at this nice map, it looks strategic and it makes my post look smart:

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Hence the premise for the remake of Red Dawn. I guess I should start selling the "Better Dead than Red" stickers for the Republicans. And the "Better Red than Dead" stickers for the Democrats? I'll make my money and skip town.




From what I've heard the Chicoms are no longer the enemy in the movie. The Hollyweird crowd got scared and changed the bad guys to the North Koreans.
How fucking stupid is that.
First remaking a cheezy classic, then changing the bad guy for some moronic reason to a country that's one step from cannibalism.
 

Kingfisher

Here Zombie, Zombie, Zombie...
From what I've heard the Chicoms are no longer the enemy in the movie. The Hollyweird crowd got scared and changed the bad guys to the North Koreans.
How fucking stupid is that.
First remaking a cheezy classic, then changing the bad guy for some moronic reason to a country that's one step from cannibalism.

Oh I didn't hear that. Maybe that's why it is taking so long to come out.
 
From what I've heard the Chicoms are no longer the enemy in the movie. The Hollyweird crowd got scared and changed the bad guys to the North Koreans.
How fucking stupid is that.
First remaking a cheezy classic, then changing the bad guy for some moronic reason to a country that's one step from cannibalism.

Haha this is almost just a funny as French fries being renamed Freedom Fries.
It's always funny to see how much international politics is shaped by reputation and argument.
 

squallumz

knows petras secret: she farted.
i dont think anyone actually did call em freedom fries other than the news or whatever.

that whole thing was a big fucking joke.
 

vodkazvictim

Why save the world, when you can rule it?
From what I've heard the Chicoms are no longer the enemy in the movie. The Hollyweird crowd got scared and changed the bad guys to the North Koreans.
How fucking stupid is that.
First remaking a cheezy classic, then changing the bad guy for some moronic reason to a country that's one step from cannibalism.
You may be confused due to the release of the game "homefront" or you may be correct, I don't know :dunno:
i dont think anyone actually did call em freedom fries other than the news or whatever.

that whole thing was a big fucking joke.
Like the Royal wedding over here: The media won't shut up about it and the only person I've met who seemed to care only seemed to care because the cake (may it be poisoned) was being made at her old worplace.
 

Rey C.

Racing is life... anything else is just waiting.
There's a (BIG) difference between being critical of, or even bashing China, and being anti-Chinese. I'm assuming that Squallumz is supportive of Chinese culture and the people, but hopefully he's not turning a blind eye to the abuses of the communist Chinese government. I've never had the privilege of being around a lot of Chinese people, but I'm sure there are more than a few who indeed are awesome. But the communist Chinese government is certainly not awesome. As long as a person is willing to live without the right to free speech, freedom of assembly and the right to decide how many children one wants to have, I guess going along to get along is a good way of life for them.

But as China's GDP continues to grow and the middle class there continues to expand, I believe that the communist Chinese government is going to face challenges in keeping its people in line. And I don't know that they can continue to grow at a 9%+ rate for much longer without also facing severe inflation issues. But for now, their economy is growing about three times faster than the U.S. economy - though it's still just a third (+/-) the size of the U.S. economy.
 
You may be confused due to the release of the game "homefront" or you may be correct, I don't know :dunno:




Seriously the movie's weenie producers got scared of economic backlash from China so they changed the baddies to the NKoreans.
 

vodkazvictim

Why save the world, when you can rule it?
Seriously the movie's weenie producers got scared of economic backlash from China so they changed the baddies to the NKoreans.
Sad, isn't it? *sigh*
altho china may be the graver threat you can't fuck with the crazy evil north korea brings
North Korea is poorly organised, poorly co-ordinated and backwards. A quick, well co-ordinated first strike should do them in a day. The hardest part would be ensuring they didn't see it coming/get tipped off.
 

TheOrangeCat

AFK..being taken to the vet to get neutered.
From what I've heard the Chicoms are no longer the enemy in the movie. The Hollyweird crowd got scared and changed the bad guys to the North Koreans.
How fucking stupid is that.
First remaking a cheezy classic, then changing the bad guy for some moronic reason to a country that's one step from cannibalism.

The sheer gutless stupidity of Hollywood makes my balls ache.
 
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