[Termite_Commander]

Stupid commies.

[Windsong]

What a joke. China couldn't find its ass if it was handed to them.

[Mr. Rational]

I don't know which is worse - the confusion between high tech and the value of shipments (and ownership of intellectual content of those shipments), or the slant/bias of the article " a China that the US can no longer ignore" - WTF? Have we ignored China in 70 years?

[demlosers]

China trumped the United States in 2004 as the world’s leading exporter of high-tech goods like laptop computers, mobile phones and digital cameras, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said on Monday.

Uh, you mean that companies from foreign countries use Chinese labor to assemble electronic goods for export. China does not develop most high tech systems - that comes from the West. Furthermore, the profits do not stay in China from these Trans national companies much of it goes back to their respective home countries.

Trade deficits and trade surpluses by country is an obsolete metric to track wealth in a global economy.

[Antoninus]

Just more @ss kissing of the Chinese by our Commie-lovin' press.

[Tuba Guy]

Thanks to the Clintoons, Red China has 40 spy satellites orbiting the earth and has all of our pulse (electronic) weapon technology.

Thank you B.J. and Hillareah

[peyton randolph]

Unfortunately, their computer keyboards are equipped with no L but an extra R instead. :-)

[WilliamofCarmichael]

Would someone please explain how the Chi-coms, whose only experience had been great leaps upon the backs of tens of millions of Chinese killing them, could suddenly explode into a roaring free market-oriented economy? Yes, I know Deng had a plan.

There's no way they could have done it mostly in the 1990's and later without the free tradin' transfer of technology, wealth (FDI), and production.

I think the way was opened for the Chi-coms in the afternoon of Jan. 20th, 1993, about tea time, in a big house on Pennsylvania Ave.

It seems everyone thinks of corporate personnel just doing that economic thing, fact is New Democrat Third Way "progressives" are behind globalization -- with their "rules" -- and corporations were invited along. Lenin didn't call 'em useful idiots for nothing. Deng thanks you. The PLA thanks you. The princelings thank you. . . .