The Chinese are coming!
16 February 2011, 01:41 PM
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16 February 2011, 01:53 PM
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We are talking about the alternatives today not last century. Would China being the world's number 1 economoy and super power really be that bad? What about India? Less likely I know, but certainly on their way to being a top economy.
16 February 2011, 02:15 PM
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But what about now, in the 21st century?
We are talking about the alternatives today not last century. Would China being the world's number 1 economoy and super power really be that bad? What about India? Less likely I know, but certainly on their way to being a top economy.
We are talking about the alternatives today not last century. Would China being the world's number 1 economoy and super power really be that bad? What about India? Less likely I know, but certainly on their way to being a top economy.
It would be worse I believe. China has a dismal record on human rights and is not a democracy.
Commonwealth games?
16 February 2011, 02:32 PM
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But what about now, in the 21st century?
We are talking about the alternatives today not last century. Would China being the world's number 1 economoy and super power really be that bad? What about India? Less likely I know, but certainly on their way to being a top economy.
We are talking about the alternatives today not last century. Would China being the world's number 1 economoy and super power really be that bad? What about India? Less likely I know, but certainly on their way to being a top economy.
Three gorges dam, 1.3 million forced to move. thousands who refused were beaten along with their families, and thousands whe moved found themselves homeless due to the resettlement fund having $40 million dissapear into thin air.
I for one welcome our chinese overlords
16 February 2011, 02:54 PM
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I am well aware of the Chinese record on human rights of course, but we were talking about their abilities with regard to the world economy and what path their commercialism might take.
Try another scrape of the barrel!
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16 February 2011, 07:46 PM
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Nostradamus FTW!
To be honest, my RE teacher in school told me a LOOONG time ago that the world was probably going to be ruled by the Chinese.
To be honest, my RE teacher in school told me a LOOONG time ago that the world was probably going to be ruled by the Chinese.
16 February 2011, 10:00 PM
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What is the point of your post? I did express a feeling of hope in that comment that I made, not a positive statement of fact. The subject under discussion was actually China of course, not the other countries you mentioned. I certainly did not quote them as an example anyway.
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16 February 2011, 11:29 PM
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everyone seem so concern about China's booming economy situation, surely if there's a gained, it must had a lost,the best way to predict the future is to look back the history, and I think the future is bright.
16 February 2011, 11:36 PM
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Back when i was at skool it was said that every fourth person was a chinaman , even tho there was nobody at all with slanty eyes at our primary ! 
16 February 2011, 11:47 PM
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17 February 2011, 12:04 AM
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"Account Suspend" is a good option to have once in a while.
Cheeky fvcks are complaining that data isn't refreshed till 3 / 4 pm their time
well - ****nig work later Ting Tong !!
17 February 2011, 12:05 AM
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17 February 2011, 09:15 AM
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They're client states of China, Les. Zimbabwe, North Korea and Burma were cited as possible targets for coalition regime change by f1_fan and other pro-Saddam and anti-American posters, apparently oblivious to the fact they're enslaved to China. I'm just surprised at your "hope" for "benevolence"; it seems so naive, which is unlike you. Apologies for any confusion.
I would always prefer to think the best of people until they prove by their actions that my trust was misplaced. I don't accept that is necessarily an example of naivety.
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17 February 2011, 10:14 AM
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17 February 2011, 10:28 AM
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17 February 2011, 10:53 AM
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