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China State Construction nets $100 million US subway deal
AsiaLynx.com (ChinaDaily.com) ^
| 11/23/2009
| Liu Yiyu
Posted on 11/23/2009 6:34:43 PM PST by Mr. Jeeves
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Well, at least some of Obi from Nairobi's Grand Stimulus Experiment is ending up in the hands of people who believe in capitalism. :)
To: Mr. Jeeves
Doesn’t mention whose labor they’re going to use. I’d think the unions would be all bent out of shape about this.
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posted on
11/23/2009 6:37:47 PM PST
by
FlyVet
To: Mr. Jeeves
Verrrrry interesting.
The Chinese have learned how to put together winning proposals one way or another.
I’ve seen some of their work in Africa. Not too shabby.
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posted on
11/23/2009 6:39:51 PM PST
by
Eagle Eye
(3%)
To: FlyVet
Oh, it’ll be union, all right.
At the highest pay.
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posted on
11/23/2009 6:40:55 PM PST
by
digger48
To: Mr. Jeeves
Well, I hope that the taxpayers will feel happy about the Chinese construction — remember this is the country that has uniquely bad construction:
A new building collapses in Shanghai this year
By the by, I understand some 250,000 tons of Chinese drywall installed in American homes is now sickening the homeowners and corroding metal in those homes constructed with it: Chinese Drywall Linked to Corrosion
To: Mr. Jeeves
Sounds like some kind of pay off to me.
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posted on
11/23/2009 6:55:50 PM PST
by
smokingfrog
(I'm from TEXAS -- what country are YOU from?)
To: snowsislander
But it’s getting better.
Reary!
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posted on
11/23/2009 7:10:28 PM PST
by
ROTB
("By any means necessary" is evil. See what God thinks of "rising oceans" in Jeremiah 5:22)
To: ROTB
OK...the jobs are those “shovel-ready” Nobama tauted. Perhaps unfortunately they are chinese shovels. Have a great Thanksgiving.
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posted on
11/23/2009 7:14:11 PM PST
by
hal ogen
To: ROTB
OK...the jobs are those “shovel-ready” Nobama tauted. Perhaps unfortunately they are chinese shovels. Have a great Thanksgiving.
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posted on
11/23/2009 7:14:39 PM PST
by
hal ogen
To: Mr. Jeeves
Are we tapping the Chinese construction market?
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posted on
11/23/2009 7:17:51 PM PST
by
ROTB
("By any means necessary" is evil. See what God thinks of "rising oceans" in Jeremiah 5:22)
To: Mr. Jeeves
Obama's fault.
I'd be willing to bet dollars to donuts that the Chinese have some sort of demolition charges to be placed at strategic points in the subway, so that when (not if) they decide to attack US strategic interests (Taiwan, Hawaii, or Japan/Australia) they can detonate those charges and distract and/or cripple us.
People forget how batsh*t insane the Russkies were.
The Chinese are Communists, too.
NO cheers, unfortunately.
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posted on
11/23/2009 7:27:00 PM PST
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: Mr. Jeeves; Jeff Head; milwguy; AmericanDream; Shellybenoit; sadsacke; Ruby Slippers
*THIS* is how Obama is going to pay back the Chicoms for the US bonds.
They get the shovel-ready jobs, as they have the requisite unskilled labor force.
And there's historical precedent -- recall the Transcontinental Railroad?
Sorry, Mexico. Your illegal aliens will have to wait...
Cheers!
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posted on
11/23/2009 7:31:53 PM PST
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: smokingfrog
You sound foolish, both jobs are public bids. They beat serious competition, Kiewit, Perini, Slattery and DeFoe...now they have to build them, and they don't have a seasoned team.
To: grey_whiskers
You have been watching too many action movies, get a grip, you sound foolish.
To: Mr. Jeeves
Great. Chinese construction.
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posted on
11/23/2009 8:02:25 PM PST
by
VeniVidiVici
(Keep your dog. Get rid of a Liberal.)
To: Rumplemeyer
With a U-6 unemployment rate in the US of 17%, and that concentrated in the building/construction trades, *I'm* not the one who sounds foolish.
Remember the construction is in *our* country, not theirs.
Cheers!
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posted on
11/23/2009 8:08:27 PM PST
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: Rumplemeyer
The contract was given to China Construction American Co.Then the article is thin on details, since it doesn't say anything about the bidding process. It sure doesn't make sense to me that we are giving these jobs to a foreign company, when so many people are out of work. What if they weren't financing so much of our debt?
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posted on
11/23/2009 8:09:31 PM PST
by
smokingfrog
(I'm from TEXAS -- what country are YOU from?)
To: Mr. Jeeves
More TARP money going to China.
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posted on
11/23/2009 8:26:12 PM PST
by
oldbill
To: Mr. Jeeves
They did a lot of work on the transcontinental railroad too. It will be all right.
To: smokingfrog
It is all based on the lowest bid, they meet the qualifications, have a clean Vendex, have a Bid Bond and Performance Bond and hire American labor from the New York area, what is not fair.
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