"JoeSpareBedroom" > writes:

> "Rod Speed" > wrote in message
> ...
> > JoeSpareBedroom > wrote:
> >> "zxcvbob" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >>> Brontide wrote:
> >>>> On Jun 27, 11:29 am, Peeter > wrote:
> >>>>> On Jun 27, 8:05 am, wrote:
> >>>>> ------------------------------
> >>>>> "Nice" report, but lousy "facts." China has no true regulatory
> >>>>> agencies that would shut down their industries. China DOES have
> >>>>> propaganda organizations that work overtime.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> ------------------------------
> >>>>
> >>>> Which is why we hear of a crackdown started in December only after
> >>>> they were caught exporting illegal and toxic goods to the US for
> >>>> consumption.
> >>>>
> >>>> -Eric
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Maybe Walmart is putting some pressure on them. (think about it)
> >
> >> Good idea. But, I'm a cynic. My idea of pressure would be "We are your
> >> biggest customer. We will be placing our own technicians in your
> >> factories, along with our own armed security personnel. You will be
> >> OK with that, right? Or, we'll collapse your economy by next week."
> >
> > That last is pure fantasy.
> >
> >> Never happen, but it should.
> >
> > Not even possible on that last.
> >
>
> I've read the Wal Mart absorbs enough Chinese production to equal everything
> they sell to their next 3 biggest *country* customers. I think we could
> cause them a bit of pain for a while.

Dear me, you do know that Chinese overtook the U.S. in exports last
year and will overtake Germany, if it hasn't already?


And Wal Mart... well, that's a company that flopped horribly because
it couldn't stand the competitive market over here, cut its losses and
sold off its stores.