China dethrones the US as #1 WORLD economy

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Then you're a traitor.

You're free to leave at ANY time.

I love the United States. Its not perfect, but thats what the point of working to improve it amounts to.

Sitting on your ass and hating where you live makes you out to be a coward of epic proportions.

I embrace where I live and what standards I hold it to.

Its time for you to start taking some accountability of your stock in the world.
Not this shyt again :upsetfavre:

Of all the Napoleons you could've brought back you bring out flag-waving, freedom-loving Napoleon :beli:
 

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China's "growth" is quite overstated as they depend largely on foreign investment and their "great" manufacturing industry consists mainly of assembling high-tech parts and components developed by neighboring countries with more advanced high tech industries.

Check out: http://monthlyreview.org/2007/05/01/china-capitalist-accumulation-and-labor/

Also, the U.S. has been a declining power since the 40's but, despite talks of power shifting to China, they're still far and away the leading hegemonic power.
 

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:patrice: Yet in the other thread people wanted to take personal with people hippin them to the fact of the REAL reasons China is all up in the Motherland...........
 

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Dozens of Chinese held in Kenya accused of preparing to raid the country's communications systems
Posted yesterday at 8:51pmThu 4 Dec 2014, 8:51pm



PHOTO: Kenyan police say the gang was preparing to raid communications systems. (File photo) (Reuters)
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MAP: Kenya

Police in Kenya say they are holding 77 Chinese nationals who are accused of running a cyber crime network and mysterious "command centre" from upmarket houses in the capital Nairobi.

Kenya's foreign ministry also summoned China's top diplomat in Nairobi as it sought to establish if Beijing was in anyway linked to the affair.

Local police said they believed the gang was "preparing to raid the country's communication systems".

The Daily Nation newspaper said a series of raids turned up equipment capable of infiltrating bank accounts, Kenya's M-Pesa mobile banking system and ATMs.

"The suspects are being interrogated to establish their mission in the country and what they wanted to do with the communication gadgets," director of Kenya's criminal investigation department Ndegwa Muhoro said.

"They have been charged in court."

Police said many of those detained appeared to be in the country illegally.

"We want to do a thorough investigation over the matter and we are currently working on their travel documents," police spokeswoman Zipporah Mboroki said.

A detective close to the case said the raids were sparked after police began investigating a house fire that left one person dead.

The source said the charges levelled against the 77 so far included "being in the country illegally and operating radio equipment" without the necessary permits.

According to the Standard newspaper, the Chinese nationals were living in "military-style dormitories".

Kenya's communications minister Fred Matiang'i said China promised to fully cooperate in the investigation.

"China promised to send investigators to work with ours on this matter," Mr Matiang'i said, adding the case "is being investigated by the police working closely with the foreign ministry".

The Standard said preliminary investigations showed the group were making microchips for ATM cards and that they also "ran a command centre whose activities are yet to be established".

The homes were reportedly located in the upmarket northern Nairobi suburb of Runda, which is next to the diplomatic area of Gigiri, home to the UN's headquarters and US embassy.

The affair is a rare visible sign of tension with China, a major investor in Kenya's infrastructure and communications networks and hailed earlier this year by president Uhuru Kenyatta as "an honourable partner" for east Africa's largest economy.

AFP
 

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Military spending is a huge issue with the U.S. government IMO. And this is coming from a Military veteran. The spend lavishly without control. The U.S. (#1)'s defense budget is 3 times more than their next competitor, China (#2) and 6.5 times more than the #3 (Russia)

Am im not saying to dramatically cut the military budget but im saying avoid sh!t like this
  1. THe Commanche helichopter program http://gizmodo.com/the-u-s-spent-7-billion-developing-this-helicopter-it-1666807286
  2. The X-35 fighter aircraft program - Basically spent $200 Billion (yeah with a B) on an aircraft that has run over budget, is 10 years behind schedule and still not ready to deploy (plenty of articles to read about that debakle)
Yet education cost is enslaving students for life to the point where people dont study. A lot of your engineering workforce is based in India. A lot of you rmanufacturing is being done in China. You have an uneducated workforce who have high bills, high standard of living and want premium jobs to pay for it while they arent qualified for said jobs.
 
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Dozens of Chinese held in Kenya accused of preparing to raid the country's communications systems
Posted yesterday at 8:51pmThu 4 Dec 2014, 8:51pm



PHOTO: Kenyan police say the gang was preparing to raid communications systems. (File photo) (Reuters)
RELATED STORY: Chinese hackers 'breach Australian media' ahead of G20
RELATED STORY: Taiwan accuses China of 'severe' cyber attacks
MAP: Kenya

Police in Kenya say they are holding 77 Chinese nationals who are accused of running a cyber crime network and mysterious "command centre" from upmarket houses in the capital Nairobi.

Kenya's foreign ministry also summoned China's top diplomat in Nairobi as it sought to establish if Beijing was in anyway linked to the affair.

Local police said they believed the gang was "preparing to raid the country's communication systems".

The Daily Nation newspaper said a series of raids turned up equipment capable of infiltrating bank accounts, Kenya's M-Pesa mobile banking system and ATMs.

"The suspects are being interrogated to establish their mission in the country and what they wanted to do with the communication gadgets," director of Kenya's criminal investigation department Ndegwa Muhoro said.

"They have been charged in court."

Police said many of those detained appeared to be in the country illegally.

"We want to do a thorough investigation over the matter and we are currently working on their travel documents," police spokeswoman Zipporah Mboroki said.

A detective close to the case said the raids were sparked after police began investigating a house fire that left one person dead.

The source said the charges levelled against the 77 so far included "being in the country illegally and operating radio equipment" without the necessary permits.

According to the Standard newspaper, the Chinese nationals were living in "military-style dormitories".

Kenya's communications minister Fred Matiang'i said China promised to fully cooperate in the investigation.

"China promised to send investigators to work with ours on this matter," Mr Matiang'i said, adding the case "is being investigated by the police working closely with the foreign ministry".

The Standard said preliminary investigations showed the group were making microchips for ATM cards and that they also "ran a command centre whose activities are yet to be established".

The homes were reportedly located in the upmarket northern Nairobi suburb of Runda, which is next to the diplomatic area of Gigiri, home to the UN's headquarters and US embassy.

The affair is a rare visible sign of tension with China, a major investor in Kenya's infrastructure and communications networks and hailed earlier this year by president Uhuru Kenyatta as "an honourable partner" for east Africa's largest economy.

AFP
And you dont think the U.S. does the same to other countries? :ld:
 
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