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2020-07-14 China-Japan-Koreas

Stumbling Tiger: Has China’s Rise Peaked?

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Posted by M. Murcek 2020-07-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top
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#1 Their decline will be as dangerous a process as their rise.

Gotta distract the populace somehow.

Posted by charger 2020-07-14 00:33|| 2020-07-14 00:33|| Front Page Top

#2 The old trick of distracting the populace by blaming outsiders for their economic problems is starting to loose its effectiveness. There are too many unlicensed copy machines and burner phones floating around these days.

Posted by Thaith Elmeresing6163 2020-07-14 01:39|| 2020-07-14 01:39|| Front Page Top

#3 I wish I had 4 NIS (1$) for every article of the type "This is the end of China" I've seen in the last 10 years.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-07-14 05:40|| 2020-07-14 05:40|| Front Page Top

#4 China is a manufacturing based economy. They will do better during this pandemic than the West's service based economy. As long as we continue to purchase massive quantities from China, they will outpace us.

Posted by Sonny Speaking for Boskone6699 2020-07-14 05:44|| 2020-07-14 05:44|| Front Page Top

#5 It wasn't the end of Japan either, but they never got where they were predicted.

Japan had far less rent-seeking than China, i predict greater problems than just unproductive debt for China.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2020-07-14 06:47|| 2020-07-14 06:47|| Front Page Top

#6 Ref #4: As long as we continue to purchase massive quantities from China, they will outpace us.

Their evil microbiology research has been flushed down the memory hole. No further investigation or penalties appear forthcoming. Yes, I'd say they are good to go. Splendid news of course for Walmart, Target, Best Buy, and others. Cash really is king.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-07-14 07:31|| 2020-07-14 07:31|| Front Page Top

#7 Their evil microbiology research has been flushed down the memory hole.

Just until the next time.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-07-14 07:42|| 2020-07-14 07:42|| Front Page Top

#8 More inclined to go with comment #1: wounded predators are extremely dangerous and unpredictable.

Posted by Mercutio 2020-07-14 07:58|| 2020-07-14 07:58|| Front Page Top

#9 Yes, the problem China has is they can't simply print yuan to get themselves out of trouble. As bad as what the Federal Reserve is doing to the Dollar, it's at least got world reserve currency status going for it at the moment. The yuan has no such attribute. The Chinese may be able to trade their way out of debt, but the US will certainly have to pay its way out of debt. Neither case is anywhere near a likelihood.

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-07-14 08:17|| 2020-07-14 08:17|| Front Page Top

#10 Good reason to go "contrarian" on China. And as the US self-destructs and commits economic suicide, China will step in and fill the void.

Posted by Clem 2020-07-14 09:12|| 2020-07-14 09:12|| Front Page Top

#11 The only country that i see to self destruct is the world center of Marxism: USA

Fascist China have no self hate.

China builds stuff, while US is in entropy, narcissist virtue signaling, dismal education.

Posted by Thorong Grundy1520 2020-07-14 12:33|| 2020-07-14 12:33|| Front Page Top

#12 China builds stuff but a lot of the stuff it builds is crap. They have a name for it " Tofu Manufacturing ". A tyupical example is the "Three Gorges Damn " . It was essentially a CCP idea and was opposed by everyone down stream to the Damn. Less than a year from construction they were having to patch it. The sell a lot of stuff internally that is counterfit, sound alike , and/or knock offs. You buy any of it and hope the it build when someone was having a good day. Now with the population decrease and the military age males about FAPPed out, if they take on Taiwan thing could go real pears shaped.

Posted by Thaith Elmeresing6163 2020-07-14 19:52|| 2020-07-14 19:52|| Front Page Top

#13 Yes, the problem China has is they can't simply print yuan to get themselves out of trouble.

They can. All countries do this. The trade-off is inflation. Ever notice how gold is not $25 an ounce any more? That's in part increased scarcity (and thus extraction costs) and in part the result of printing money. Gold's price increase in % terms has been far smaller when measured in other currencies. Printing money carries a very measurable price. It buys less when compared to countries that don't print as much. But all countries print money. It's a cure-all for recessions, at the expense of people who put their money in savings accounts and bonds.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2020-07-14 20:12|| 2020-07-14 20:12|| Front Page Top

#14 Precisly Zhang Fei

Note that i think the price of gold also reflects a cultural change.

Posted by Thorong Grundy1520 2020-07-14 23:20|| 2020-07-14 23:20|| Front Page Top

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