[More of my opinion of the big picture FWIW:
China wants stability in the region for 2 good reasons:
A rail route through Turkey to Europe for their goods, and a route to the Med for their goods.
Let China pay for that, not us.]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Leap_Forward
Ocean freight is cheaper, but tankers don’t carry refrigerators.
And rail is faster.
Shame we had this conversation on a thread about Romney.
Shame we had this conversation on a thread about Romney.