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 From: oil@vinegar.com 
  
 torresD wrote: 
  
 > "Salad"  
 > 
 >>How soon before China becomes 
 >>the next superpower? 
 > 
 > 
 > It's already a superpower. 
 > 
 >>How will the world stage change when that happens? 
 >> 
 > 
 > 
 > I predict that by 2050 China will have more clout than the US; finances 
 > and military.  It's possible manufacturing jobs will return to the US 
 > then as we do work for them. 
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > I was listening to BBC/World Service on the internet 
 > today. 
 > They were focusing in on the capacity of China to produce 
 > goods cheaply. 
 > This one guy, was given a loan of $15,000 dollars several years 
 > ago, and he now has the market on lighters cornered. 
 > 
 > Standing inside of his factory, the Chinese guy, took out 
 > a slim, red lighter, that in Japan sells for $25.00. 
 > He told the BBC reporter, that he could make it for one dollar. 
 > His secret, the BBC reporter said was his work force. 
 > The Chinese man, pays his workers $80.00 dollars a month, 
 > the majority of all women. 
 > BBC reporter said, that if China were to lose all of its current 
 > workers tomorrow, it could easily replace them all in a day. 
 > According to the BBC reporter, China's ability to mass produce 
 > goods cheaply is its unlimited supply of manpower. 
 > 
  
 India has a larger population.  So it, too, has an unlimited supply of 
 manpower.  As long as China is Communistic, it shall have this manpower. 
   Over time, that will change. 
  
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