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In reply to the discussion: Canada will look to China to sell its oil [View all]leveymg
(36,418 posts)39. No surprise, at all. PRC encourages cigarette smoking as a form of stress and population control.
Attitudes there are still like those in the US in the 1950s. From Wiki:
One surgeon in Kunming (Yunnan province) described smoking as a phenomenon that is an integral part of Chinese medical culture and one that improves job performance:
Smoking is such a big part of being a doctor here. The director of our hospital smokes. The party-secretary smokes. The chair of my department smokes. And whenever I walk into the duty office, most of my colleagues are smoking. And to tell you the truth, with such a pressure-filled job, smoking is extremely helpful, at times soothing, at times energizing, at times helping me focus my attention when preparing for a complex surgery or facing a stack of paperwork 10:30 at night.[32]
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Perhaps a vehicle that cost $8K and gets better then 50mpg would interest you.
Devil_Fish
Jan 2012
#51
seems to me that oil was NEVER going to stay in the USA, it was all for export out nt
msongs
Jan 2012
#6
What’s So Radical About Caring for the Earth and Opposing Enbridge's Northern Gateway Pipeline?
polly7
Jan 2012
#8
I, also, was afraid he would cave. I am thrilled that he did not, and I will remember this. NT
juajen
Jan 2012
#30
Personally, I think any civilized country should not be doing any business with China.
TigerToMany
Jan 2012
#13
Jack Leyton would have been a great PM...alas...let's hope there's another.
FedUp_Queer
Jan 2012
#37
Leyton, too. Or at the very least, another Laurier would be nice to see. nt
AverageJoe90
Jan 2012
#47
Converting (relatively) clean Alaska gas into carbon sludge for export to Chinese industrial plants.
leveymg
Jan 2012
#25