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Is China's Politburo spoiling for a showdown with America?
The Telegraph ^
| 03/15/2010
| Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Posted on 03/15/2010 7:15:09 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
Days earlier the State Council accused America of serial villainy. “In the US, civil and political rights of citizens are severely restricted and violated by the government. Workers’ rights are seriously violated,” it said.
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I see they’ve been reading Rules for Radicals: accuse your enemy of the precise things you’re doing. Laughable, if it weren’t so potentially devastating to the world.
Colonel, USAFR
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posted on
03/15/2010 7:17:35 AM PDT
by
jagusafr
(Kill the red lizard, Lord! - nod to C.S. Lewis)
To: SeekAndFind
Within a month the US Treasury must rule whether China is a "currency manipulator", triggering sanctions under US law.Hah, Federal Reserve minutes going back twenty years explicitly and openly talk about schemes for manipulating the dollar.
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posted on
03/15/2010 7:19:36 AM PDT
by
jiggyboy
(Ten per cent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
To: SeekAndFind
It has mistaken the soft diplomacy of Barack Obama for weakness, Au contraire. The Chinese know a weakling when they see one, exactly like how the Iranians recognized the inherent weakness of Jimmy Carter and held our embassy staff hostage for a staggering 444 days.
To: SeekAndFind
Is China's Politburo spoiling for a showdown with America? Now is the best time with a wussy boy in the White House.
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posted on
03/15/2010 7:21:32 AM PDT
by
The Sons of Liberty
(To our Overlords in Washington: "We the People" are fed up! - FUBO! Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
To: SeekAndFind
Days earlier the State Council accused America of serial villainy. "In the US, civil and political rights of citizens are severely restricted and violated by the government.China is right. See the Slaughter Solution.
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posted on
03/15/2010 7:22:29 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(Proudly hittin' it without looking at the picture since 1999.)
To: SeekAndFind
"China has succumbed to hubris. It has mistaken the soft diplomacy of Barack Obama for weakness, mistaken the US credit crisis for decline, and mistaken its own mercantilist bubble for ascendancy. " Looks to me like they are correct on those counts.
To: SeekAndFind
The same crap is also coming out of Russia, with Putin accusing the US for the economic crisis and calling us an “imperial power”. He also blamed us for the collapse of the USSR.
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posted on
03/15/2010 7:23:48 AM PDT
by
Thunder90
(Fighting for truth and the American way... http://citizensfortruthandtheamericanway.blogspot.com/)
To: SeekAndFind
Take a number china. Every other shark in the water smells the U.S. weakness and is waiting to attack.
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posted on
03/15/2010 7:25:01 AM PDT
by
Dewey Revoltnow
(Worst. Community. Organizer. Ever!)
To: SeekAndFind
China has succumbed to hubris. It has mistaken the soft diplomacy of Barack Obama for weakness,
Seems to me, the Chinese are on the mark if that is their interpretation.
mistaken the US credit crisis for decline,
With the criminals we have in Congress, the oversized government, and the total disregard of the will of the people, I'd say the Chinese are right again!
and mistaken its own mercantilist bubble for ascendancy.
Seems to me that developing wealth, and economic power is by definition, ascendancy.
The author seems to be confused, to say the least.
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posted on
03/15/2010 7:26:02 AM PDT
by
brownsfan
(The average American: Uninformed, and unconcerned.)
To: SeekAndFind
It has mistaken the soft diplomacy of Barack Obama for weakness
No mistake there. Every US President who has attempted to engage in “soft diplomacy” has rightfully been seen by the rest of the planet as weak.
To: brownsfan
Jintao smells the weakness. Putin smells the weakness. Hugo Chavez smells the weakness. That dude in Iran smells the weakness.
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posted on
03/15/2010 7:32:37 AM PDT
by
Thunder90
(Fighting for truth and the American way... http://citizensfortruthandtheamericanway.blogspot.com/)
To: SeekAndFind
"...It has mistaken the soft diplomacy of Barack Obama for weakness, mistaken the US credit crisis for decline,...On these two issue, I don't believe China is mistaken.
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posted on
03/15/2010 7:33:06 AM PDT
by
Drill Thrawl
(Another day, another injury, another step closer. Are you prepared?)
To: Thunder90
Putin smells the weakness. Hugo Chavez smells the weakness. That dude in Iran smells the weakness.Yup, just like dogs can "smell" fear.
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posted on
03/15/2010 7:35:21 AM PDT
by
Drill Thrawl
(Another day, another injury, another step closer. Are you prepared?)
To: SmokingJoe
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posted on
03/15/2010 7:37:41 AM PDT
by
mlocher
(USA is a sovereign nation)
To: SeekAndFind
Let's face it, USA is a weak nation. We depend on the rest of the world to finance our Military by buying our bonds, we are not even self sufficient nation in energy. We are just begging to be taken down.
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posted on
03/15/2010 7:42:12 AM PDT
by
FightThePower!
(Fight the powers that be!)
To: brownsfan
The question is whether this bubble can be turned into sustainable wealth by any means. If it’s more asses than assets, some small perturbation can bring the whole thing ignominiously to the ground.
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posted on
03/15/2010 7:49:13 AM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
To: HiTech RedNeck
“If its more asses than assets, some small perturbation can bring the whole thing ignominiously to the ground.”
Means of production = power.
It worked for the USA, now we’ve transferred those means of production to China.
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posted on
03/15/2010 8:00:31 AM PDT
by
brownsfan
(The average American: Uninformed, and unconcerned.)
To: brownsfan
China can make cheap junk exceedingly well.
However, a country has to be built on more than you can get from Wal-Mart.
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posted on
03/15/2010 8:02:43 AM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
To: HiTech RedNeck
“However, a country has to be built on more than you can get from Wal-Mart.”
Like bullets? Oh right, made in China.
Like auto parts? Yep... Chinese.
Japan started out making cheap crap we laughed at. Having the factories is 90% of the battle, the quality will come. As for us, how do you tool up what is non existant?
I’ve read in more than one place that one of the reasons the recession in America is lasting so long is that we no longer have a large enough manufacturing base to pull us out of the recession.
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posted on
03/15/2010 8:21:14 AM PDT
by
brownsfan
(The average American: Uninformed, and unconcerned.)
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