Originally posted by Beakybird:
They have no labor unions.
They have few or no environmental regulations.
They pay little or no attention to international patents, trademarks, and copyrights.
They pay next to nothing for employee health care.
They have an educated work force (See news stories about how Shanghai students were #1 and the US was below average in an international test of high school students)
My wife is from Mexico, and she told me that many "crafts" traditionally made by Mexican Indians are now made in China. That will give you an idea about how cheap Chinese stuff can be.
The Chinese government is against freedom of expression and supports dictatorships like North Korea.
It's all kind of scary.
I do not know about the feasibility of boycotting Chinese. Something must be done about allowing the Chinese to compete freely when they have no labor or environmental laws and allow piracy to run rampant.
See, were I to say ONE negative thing about the US you'd all be on my back. But how you love to criticize other countries.
Ever think that other countries don't like to be bullied by the US? Why is it that whenever the US implements a trade embargo it forces every other country to follow suit yet no one can tell the US what to do.
Environmental issues:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions Just because the US is number two now doesn't mean it's all fine and dandy. Where was the self-criticism when you were number one? If you take into consideration the size of China, the size of its population, wouldn't it be fair to say that you're still number ONE?
http://usliberals.about.com/od/environmentalconcerns/p/KyotoProtocol.htm Remember this one?
It surely doesn't stop you from moving your polluting factories abroad.
Come on, be honest...how many dictatorships did or does the US support? How many dictators got the support of the CIA because it benefitted national interests?
You might as well call all Germans Nazis although you'll find more Nazis in the US.
Why not just admit that you want everything your way and that you don't give a rat's ass about what other countries think.
You wanted globalization...why? Because it would benefit you but not the poor nations.
I have lived in a Communist country for two years and will be returning on Wednesday. Never felt happier there than in any capitalist country. The thing is, none of you even have a clue what Communist countries are like, North Korea probably being the exception.
All I ever hear is whine, whine, whine, whenever you don't get your way.
[This message has been edited by Taike (edited 01-02-2011).]
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