[Cringing Negativism Network]

To be frank, it sounds like you are HAPPY China is taking over American companies.

What’s your problem?

[Arguendo]

To be frank, you sound like a jingoist, eager to attack a perfectly fair observation because it isn’t as “pro-American” as you’d like.

[agere_contra]

Why would China want to take over failing American companies? I doubt you could give GM away to China, or anyone else. It has a negative net worth and spiralling debt.

[traviskicks]

substitute china for japan.

It is a mystery to me why... it is regarded as a sign of Japanese strength and American weakness that the Japanese find it more attractive to invest in the U.S. than Japan. Surely it is precisely the reverse - a sign of U.S. strength and Japanese weakness.
Milton Friedman