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2006-07-13 China-Japan-Koreas

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Posted by Fred 2006-07-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11132 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 We also know who tugs the strings on little Kimmy

Posted by Captain America 2006-07-13 00:41|| 2006-07-13 00:41|| Front Page Top

#2 Only $24 mil? Bush should have the money transferred to D.C. and hold a bonfire on the Mall...

Posted by PBMcL 2006-07-13 01:10|| 2006-07-13 01:10|| Front Page Top

#3 You guys might want to muzzle your dog for a while, y'know?

Posted by mojo">mojo 2006-07-13 01:15|| 2006-07-13 01:15|| Front Page Top

#4 There are people who seem to believe that China is trying to help Uncle Sam out on North Korea, for one reason or another. One theory is that China doesn't want to be inundated with refugees if North Korea gets into serious trouble. This is really silly. The Chinese approach to refugee relief is minimalist - in fact, it looks a lot like the Chinese approach to domestic unrest - the refugees will have to fend for themselves. Those who make trouble will be shot out of hand. China isn't a tiny country - it can and, throughout history, has absorbed huge numbers of both foreign migrants and conquerors. China already has 2m ethnic Koreans in-country. A few million more won't make much of a difference in a continental-sized nation with a lower population density than Western Europe.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2006-07-13 02:28|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2006-07-13 02:28|| Front Page Top

#5 China is only trying to help it's self out and damage the US and Japan if it can along the way. Washington DC needs to wake up to that fact and act accordingly. This crap of looking at China's populaton and seeing consumers of US based goods and services is a pipe dream. It always has been. North Korea's proliferation of missile and nuclear technology is a given if left to the Chinese who will profit by it politically, economiclly, and strategically.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-07-13 03:46|| 2006-07-13 03:46|| Front Page Top

#6 test

Posted by Zhang Fei 2006-07-13 04:37|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2006-07-13 04:37|| Front Page Top

#7 SPOD: This crap of looking at China's populaton and seeing consumers of US based goods and services is a pipe dream. It always has been.

I'm afraid that's wrong. China is a big consumer of American goods. The problem is that much of it doesn't show up in the trade balance. (Where it does show up is in the bottom line of American companies, large and small, that do business in China).

In 2001, Coca Cola racked up $1.2b of sales in China. Its annual sales in 2005 were $23b. And Coke's Chinese sales have grown roughly 20% a year since 2001. Which means its Chinese number is probably 10% of Coke's total 2005 sales. But this is not something that will show up in the trade figures. Because Coca Cola produces its beverages in China.

GM sold 665,000 cars in China in 2005. That's close to 2/3 of all of GM's sales in the Asia Pacific region, which includes Japan, Australia, Thailand, South Korea and Taiwan. This means that for GM, China was bigger than all the other Asian Pacific auto markets combined. Again, this is something that won't show up in the trade figures. Because GM makes its cars in China.

The above is why the relationship with China is going to require some balancing between strategic and commercial interests. On the one hand, it is a large market with huge growth potential, much like pre-war Japan relative to the rest of Asia. On the other hand, it presents a potential strategic threat, just like pre-war Japan, depending on the extent of its territorial ambitions.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2006-07-13 04:40|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2006-07-13 04:40|| Front Page Top

#8 test

Posted by Zhang Fei 2006-07-13 04:43|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2006-07-13 04:43|| Front Page Top

#9 The US should tell the Chicoms,"...it's the little pit bull or Walmart, and have a nice day, ya hear!"

Posted by smn 2006-07-13 04:49|| 2006-07-13 04:49|| Front Page Top

#10 $24 Million, that chump change. If ol Kim is hurting to the point that 30 Million means something he is closer to collaps than we thought!I vote NO! Let's use the money to pay for all the wasted plane flights of all the diplomats trying to keep peace with him.

Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan 2006-07-13 09:48|| 2006-07-13 09:48|| Front Page Top

#11 It's the principle of the matter. Do you realize how many prostitute-days and bottles of Hennessy X.O. $24,000,000 will buy?

Posted by Lil Kim 2006-07-13 09:58|| 2006-07-13 09:58|| Front Page Top

#12 I'm sure it isn't the US$24 million that Kim wants, but the ability to use the bank to transfer assets unobserved. Without the Macau bank, he is reduced to barter and large ship-loads of cash.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-07-13 12:46|| 2006-07-13 12:46|| Front Page Top

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