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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsChinese Own Waldorf Astoria. Has Made $46 Billion In Investments Last 5 Years.
Some American workers actually have Chinese employers. Welcome to the global economy. Your paycheck may be coming from another country. I wonder how many foreign companies are holding American home mortgages. We are in a new world.
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Chinese Own Waldorf Astoria. Has Made $46 Billion In Investments Last 5 Years. (Original Post)
TheMastersNemesis
May 2015
OP
25 years ago we were all freaked out about the Japanese buying up and owning this country..
A HERETIC I AM
May 2015
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Renew Deal
(85,345 posts)1. Do American presidents still stay there?
jaysunb
(11,856 posts)2. I thought the Chinese were commies.....n/t
eloydude
(376 posts)3. They're capitalists pretending to be communists..
It's already an open "secret".
MaggieD
(7,393 posts)7. Actually they are socialists
?!
A HERETIC I AM
(24,902 posts)4. 25 years ago we were all freaked out about the Japanese buying up and owning this country..
And before that, the Arabs.
Romulox
(25,960 posts)5. Our country has been in serious decline for that entire time.
That our weakness subjects us to different paymasters every few years doesn't prove (or disprove) anything. Regular people have seen their lives diminished over the timeframe you specify.
JI7
(93,876 posts)6. good for them