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90-percent

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23. Cheap Chinese goods

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Mon Mar 12, 2012, 10:01 PM

Mar 2012

I wonder how cheap their stuff will be when they turn their vast polluted lands into SUPERFUND CLEAN UP SITES?

Cleaning pollution of this magnitude is going to be EXPENSIVE. 3/4 of it's forests disappeared! That is massive, especially happening in a relatively short period of time.

I don't think this will end good.

-90% Jimmy

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China Is Imploding [View all] Playinghardball Mar 2012 OP

"Every province in china like greece." Robeysays Mar 2012 #1

Bring back the Old World Order... CAPHAVOC Mar 2012 #14

Considering what Beijing had to do to clean up the air for a few weeks for the Olympics, Warpy Mar 2012 #2

I lived in Beijing in '84-85 and can attest to how much it sucked geardaddy Mar 2012 #28

I do hope they manage to turn it around, the world could ill afford Uncle Joe Mar 2012 #3

Terrible. I'd read some of this in bits and pieces, but puting it all together... Wow. freshwest Mar 2012 #4

Is there any place on this planet that isn't imploding? Webster Green Mar 2012 #5

Iceland? Zalatix Mar 2012 #7

Yeah sharp_stick Mar 2012 #9

I'm not trying to attack you personally, but, MoonRiver Mar 2012 #11

Nothing personal there. I agree about whaling although I would bring up aboriginal whaling Zalatix Mar 2012 #18

I don't agree with either one. MoonRiver Mar 2012 #21

Not an Icelander; I just study various countries. Zalatix Mar 2012 #22

I was in Iceland this past summer Lydia Leftcoast Mar 2012 #29

VERY good news! MoonRiver Mar 2012 #35

yup ..one of these days iceland will explode madrchsod Mar 2012 #16

Ah, yes... Leftist Agitator Mar 2012 #31

I had a colleague from China who many years ago predicted this would happen eventually. DCBob Mar 2012 #6

It's cool. They can always buy as much of the US as they need.... Junkdrawer Mar 2012 #8

wow. amazing. thanks for the info. i had no clue it was that bad. nt seabeyond Mar 2012 #10

If we keep voting for these Cons in Congress... orwell Mar 2012 #12

A Perfect Role Model Jonny Mar 2012 #13

Welcome to DU. Systematic Chaos Mar 2012 #15

They have no infrastructure per se, benld74 Mar 2012 #17

And we're buying FOOD from that filthy, toxic-laden place. Lead is all over the place there. nt Honeycombe8 Mar 2012 #19

Scary isn't it? my2sense Mar 2012 #32

You mean lack of labor and environmental protections are bad? nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #20

Cheap Chinese goods 90-percent Mar 2012 #23

It kind of seems like it could be our next bubble. Without there goods - what are we going to sell? jwirr Mar 2012 #27

What is the likelihood of China becoming aggressive given this scenario? snagglepuss Mar 2012 #24

Savvy economists have always been up in the air whether India or China will ascend riderinthestorm Mar 2012 #25

Why do you hate the Chinese "Job Creators". bvar22 Mar 2012 #26

Add 200+ million people who live in slave labor conditions just1voice Mar 2012 #30

I feel for their people. Jennicut Mar 2012 #33

But hey, they don't have an EPA and apparently we don't need no stinking EPA either (per baggers)nt Sheepshank Mar 2012 #34