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Dave Bell

wrote:
> In misc.survivalism Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
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>> Very true. They may not kill it, but they can control it. What if the China
>> boss wakes up one day and says "stop all exports to the USA and get all the
>> money they owe us." In very short time,
>
> ... their level of poverty would increase substatially.
>
>
> our retail stores would be 3/4
>> empty, much of our manufacturing that relies on imported parts will stop,
>> prices will skyrocket for the things that are left. We'd have economic
>> chaos.
>
> As would they. That's why it is a very unlikely scenario,
>

All true, except for the part where this is presented as a possible
future. Folks, the future is NOW.

Look at how the "global recession" is affecting China, today. If I read
it correctly, the common Chinese worker (and I mean industrialized, not
peasant farmers) is in worse shape than the average unemployed American
worker. Much of China's manufacturing power comes from what we consider
small businesses. They are the ones most affected.

I was also afraid for what would happen, should China "pull the plug" on
shipping cheap crap to the US. Looks like our economic crunch had hit
them first!