[ninenot]

cars, yes, go look at the statistics

I did. Two hundred fifty-thousand US-made cars go to PRC buyers this year.

Of course, if you choose to categorize cars made by PRC factories which STOLE US designs (check with Chevrolet and Jeep...) that's a different number.

[Cronos]

I did. Two hundred fifty-thousand US-made cars go to PRC buyers this year.

And how much of an increase is that over last year? and the year before that?

[phil_will1]

"Of course, if you choose to categorize cars made by PRC factories which STOLE US designs (check with Chevrolet and Jeep...)"

That brings up another point. One of the reasons that we have become a hub for technology and innovation is that our laws protecting intellectual property are probably the strongest in the world. China's are among the weakest. I wonder how long it will be until some company outsourcing to PRC gets bitten in the you-know-what by Chinese theft of their proprietary technology.