Dilbert_X wrote:

JohnG@lt wrote:

You're talking about a peasant that has been taught his entire life not to think.
You don't know much about the Chinese.
They have an elite who have been educated well and sent to western universities over the past 20-30 years.
Even at lower levels they are well educated.
I don't have much respect for their ability to think on their own or to see the big picture.
Strange, I'd say a nation with 5,10,20,50 and 100 yr plans has people who can see the big picture.
In less than a decade they've wiped out western manufacturing.
Who is missing the big picture now?

I think you severely underestimate them, same as the US underestimated the Japanese.
With GM, Chrysler and Ford in the toilet Toyota is number one.
US arrogance and complacency thoroughly whupped by little yellow guys.

The Chinese will do it again.
From experience, the Chinese are very intelligent, even the lower levels of their society.  They are definitely not a bunch of mindless drones doing stupid work.  They are very purposefully changing their society to be a producer AND consumer.  Their goal, as stated by a Chinese citizen in Guangzhou, is to devalue the US dollar and increase the purchasing power of the Yuan.  They are very keen on the idea that the nation that purchases the most, has the most power internationally.

As a point of reference, 2 years ago the dollar was worth 7.7 yuan.  Current exchange rate is 6.8.
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