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2007-08-30 China-Japan-Koreas

China Rivers Threaten Sixth of Population

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Posted by anonymous5089 2007-08-30 13:42|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 If China has so little regard for over 15% of their own populationthat's some 225,000,000 peoplejust try to imagine how dreadfully worried they must be about a few of us capitalist running dogs and cats getting poisoned by their cadres of unscrupulous hucksters.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-08-30 14:11|| 2007-08-30 14:11|| Front Page Top

#2 Actually, they do worry. Piracy is not an issue for the ChiComs, but dangerous products are. That's bad for business.

Posted by Iblis">Iblis 2007-08-30 15:43|| 2007-08-30 15:43|| Front Page Top

#3 That's bad for ~~business~~ profit.

There, fixed that for ya, Iblis.

China's Mandarins are not worried about "business". In fact, the Politburo's endemic corruption and arbitrary regulatory structure are exceptionally "bad for business". Such capricious and fickle government interference with free enterprise means that business operators ignore all concepts of safety, hygiene and workmanship standards in order to temporarily maximize profit. This overwhelming sense of uncertainty derives from how an individual's factory or shop might be closed, appropriated or confiscated on the merest whim.

The Politburo is concerned with only one thing, PROFIT. Revenues translate into graft, bribery and skimming which is where over 90% of political wealth originates in China. They could give a damn about what's "bad for business" (as usual), so long as the money ~~is green~~ keeps flowing. Cause even a minuscule hiccup in that and you'd better have your will written out.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-08-30 16:01|| 2007-08-30 16:01|| Front Page Top

#4 LUCIANNE > NASA> GLOBAL WARMING > EARTH TO SEE MORE INTENSE TORNADOES, STORMS. *D *** ng it, see See X-MEN 2:REVOLUTION - Mutuant Babe STORM wipes out two pursuing F-16's wid ferocious waterspouts/sea tornadoes. D *** ng it Part Deux, D***nged SEA TORNADOES AREN'T D ***NGED EVEN NEAR D*** ng GUAM - WTH made this flick???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-08-30 20:32|| 2007-08-30 20:32|| Front Page Top

#5 ION, KOMMERSANT > CHINA no longer the potential enemy of Eussia [new 2007 Russ Poll]; + RIAN > Russian PACFLT NAVEX no threat to Russia's neighbors. Russ ASW units intercept anti-ship missles.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-08-30 20:35|| 2007-08-30 20:35|| Front Page Top

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