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Originally Posted by MRM
The people who think the Chinese (and before that the Japanese, Arabs, French, Germans, etc.) are about to take over the US economy have never been there. Or if they have, they've never strayed far from the Beijing Crowne Plaza..............
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Though I have never been there, your story jibes with those I have heard from manufacturing execs that have visited outside tourist areas. In fact their stories were a little more brutal than yours. Just the maintenance costs of their population is staggering.