Destroying American Jobs (ie Kodak)

[Lamplighter]

Merc, too many of your glasses are half-empty

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

Merc, too many of your glasses are half-empty

They are all reality based. None of my glasses are half-empty.

[SamIam]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

They are all reality based. None of my glasses are half-empty.

Wait! I see a half empty one over there! Here. I'll just drink that down for you. Ooooh, nasty!

As a matter of fact (someone please note this down in the Cellar Book of Improbable Events), I am actually in agreement with Merc on this one. I am highly skeptical of any Chinese so called co-operation. China hates the West and rightly so since long before the opium wars of the 19th century.

They must laugh at how cleverly they have switched the tables on us. Can we say "industrial mercantilism" boys and girls? China is delighted to help us disassemble our manufacturing base and ship it off to Peking where the Chinese use it to spew out shoddy consumer goods and create a nasty trade imbalance - especially with the US.

Sure, the Chinese may smile and act co-operative on the surface, but in reality, they couldn't care less and will get away with every atrocity they possibly can.