[altair]

I don't care if it's China. I don't care if it's Panama or any other nation. Doing this, turning over R&D to a foreign entity, is nothing less than national suicide.

Yup. The push to move manufacturing to China is going to be even stronger if somehow the Kyoto Protocol gets implemented. China has no limitations under that treaty.

[DoughtyOne]

Exactly. And the lapdogs of the corporations are licking their lips. Lot's of profits to be made when you can pay people $0.20 an hour to work 12 hour days.