[QUOTE=SomeRandomGuy18;24128551]Yeah but the difference is that the PRC sucks, and the US didn't back then.[/QUOTE]
Mmm, look at the US in the 19th century, a primarily agrarian country transforming to an industrial economy, recently fought a civil war and has to deal with the postwar devastation. The global superpower of the time watched them carefully, lest the Yanks grow powerful enough to take their position. But if this superpower went to war against the Americans, they would find their trade crippled as they relied heavily on American trade.
I'd rather have "Made In Japan" than "Made In China".
[QUOTE=booster;24130185]I'd rather have "Made In Japan" than "Made In China".[/QUOTE]
You can have that, if you're willing to pay extra.
Back in the day "Made In Japan" was something you'd avoid
A Chinese flag will be over D.C. in the next few decades, methinks.
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By the way it's pretty impressive for a country that have developed in only like 60 years to come behind the US. It also missed the industrial revolution.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=article]its voracious appetite for oil, coal, iron ore and other natural resources.[/QUOTE]
I daresay that it's undergoing that industrial revolution right now. In 200 years time Africa will have the second largest economy while it lends money to China, the then current largest.
Still a miserable $3,300 GDP per capita
North Korea is Best Kor- Wait, you mean an East-Asian nation OTHER than North Korea has been in the news?
Holy shit, this [i]is[/i] important.
[QUOTE=booster;24130185]I'd rather have "Made In Japan" than "Made In China".[/QUOTE]
I would rather have "Made in USA" :911:
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[QUOTE=Melnek;24127337]Good.[/QUOTE]
Why is that good?
China worries me. :ohdear:
[QUOTE=Garlickeh;24132067]Still a miserable $3,300 GDP per capita[/QUOTE]
This is the most important thing in this thread.
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