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Kristof K
Lately in the news, we have heard about the crumbling of the once-great United States. Many theorists believe that soon China will replace the USA as the next superpower. I mean, they definitely have the man power, and they're technology is growing. Can we possibly see this happening in the near-future?
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I live in China as a transplanted American.
I have learned two things.
#1 what most people in the west know of China would fit in a thimble, what most people think they know would fit in a barrel.
#2 China has no desire to be a huge military power. They know that to do that is economy busting and does little to protect themselves. Their 5,000 year history is full of imperialistic games and they have learned that it does not pay in the long run. China is upgrading its military because they need to and can now afford to without robbing the people, like they did in the past. They even have planes in their active air force that date back to pre WWII.
While they have a huge military, it is really huge on paper, since every person of military age must go through a basic type training. At both colleges I have taught at, that training is done on the campus. The students go through a 2 1/2 week course that pretty much amounts to learning how to march and take orders. There is no weapons training etc. About 1% of those students later decide to take up a military career. What many in the west do not know, even though it was reported, that China made a pledge they would reduce their military by one million active duty personal two years ago and met that obligation.
Where China will excel is in the market place and monetary system. Their population believes in saving as opposed to instant gratification of spend and be in perpetual debt, like we in the west live under. Plus they have a labor pool of 800 million people that has problems of under and unemployment, thus will keep wages low for decades to come. Which of course will keep the cost of manufacturing and living down.
China's government is very stable as well as their society. While they do have problem area's, nevertheless, the best way of measuring a country is not by what partisans and our news media says, but the amount of foreign investment and manufacturing flowing in. China is a very safe bet for western companies and has been that way for the last 20 years. While China has controlling interest in those companies, nevertheless, even with that, investment remains very high.
Finally, Warren Buffet said 5 years ago that China's economy would surpass the USA in 50 years. 2 years ago he revised that to 25 years. I think, with today's economy and the fact that China's economy is very resilient (despite what some in the west say) and has vast untapped domestic and foreign markets and massive rebuilding after the earthquakes, this country's economy is very strong, even while the west is in recession, this one is growing by over 7%, that China will surpass the USA's economy in 15 years.
Peace
Jim
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I live in China as a transplanted American.
I have learned two things.
#1 what most people in the west know of China would fit in a thimble, what most people think they know would fit in a barrel.
#2 China has no desire to be a huge military power. They know that to do that is economy busting and does little to protect themselves. Their 5,000 year history is full of imperialistic games and they have learned that it does not pay in the long run. China is upgrading its military because they need to and can now afford to without robbing the people, like they did in the past. They even have planes in their active air force that date back to pre WWII.
While they have a huge military, it is really huge on paper, since every person of military age must go through a basic type training. At both colleges I have taught at, that training is done on the campus. The students go through a 2 1/2 week course that pretty much amounts to learning how to march and take orders. There is no weapons training etc. About 1% of those students later decide to take up a military career. What many in the west do not know, even though it was reported, that China made a pledge they would reduce their military by one million active duty personal two years ago and met that obligation.
Where China will excel is in the market place and monetary system. Their population believes in saving as opposed to instant gratification of spend and be in perpetual debt, like we in the west live under. Plus they have a labor pool of 800 million people that has problems of under and unemployment, thus will keep wages low for decades to come. Which of course will keep the cost of manufacturing and living down.
China's government is very stable as well as their society. While they do have problem area's, nevertheless, the best way of measuring a country is not by what partisans and our news media says, but the amount of foreign investment and manufacturing flowing in. China is a very safe bet for western companies and has been that way for the last 20 years. While China has controlling interest in those companies, nevertheless, even with that, investment remains very high.
Finally, Warren Buffet said 5 years ago that China's economy would surpass the USA in 50 years. 2 years ago he revised that to 25 years. I think, with today's economy and the fact that China's economy is very resilient (despite what some in the west say) and has vast untapped domestic and foreign markets and massive rebuilding after the earthquakes, this country's economy is very strong, even while the west is in recession, this one is growing by over 7%, that China will surpass the USA's economy in 15 years.
Peace
Jim
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What could have caused the lake in Chile to disappear?
gaillee01
As a lover of geology, this news caught my attention tonight! That lake was the size of ten football fields and the scientists cannot explain this!
Now, as this news cast continued, they said that Lake Superior is doing the same thing!
I can more understand the lake in Chile as they have continuous earth quakes and such from the subduction zone. However, I am not understanding Lake Superior at all!
Can anyone enlighten me? Please, only intellectual answers please!
POPS!!! What a hoot! You are brilliant!! I don't think this is the answer but, it was well thought out and hysterically funny! I should give you best answer just for the laugh!!!
Have you ever considered writing? You should!
Critters! Thanks so much! The fissure makes perfect sense! I knew it had to have something to do with earthquake activity but, was not sure what occured! Wonderful information!! I appreciate the information about Lake Superior as well!
Answer
Lake Superior
I just finished reading the article in USA Today about Lake Superior.
Listen to this:
" Researchers at the University of Minnesota and elsewhere study whether Lake Superior's low water levels are a result of global warming. The average water temperature of Lake Superior has risen 4.5 degrees Fahrenheit since 1979.
A drought and warm weather are the immediate cause of the drop in water levels. In the past year, precipitation was 6 inches less than the average of 31 inches. The lake's southern shore had a green Christmas in 2006. The ice and snow pack that usually cover the lake arrived late, allowing water to evaporate. ...
Many people living near Lake Superior don't buy drought or warm weather as the reasons for dropping water levels â a conspiracy theory is more popular. They say Lake Superior was drained through the St. Mary's River to raise the levels of Lake Huron and Lake Michigan. " ??
Here is the link to the entire article - do read it as it is quite good.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/environment/2007-06-13-lake-superior_N.htm
Average: 601.92 feet
Current level: 600.25 feet.
Lowest recorded level: 599.92 feet in 1926
Maybe it is not disappearing at all.
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Glacial lake in the south of Chile.
In March everything was fine but "we went again in May and to our surprise we found that the lake had completely disappeared. All that was left were chunks of ice and an enormous fissure."
...one idea is that a strong quake which hit the neighbouring region of Aysen in April opened up the fissure in the bottom of the lake.
... allowing the lake's water to drain through.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6225676.stm
Lake Superior
I just finished reading the article in USA Today about Lake Superior.
Listen to this:
" Researchers at the University of Minnesota and elsewhere study whether Lake Superior's low water levels are a result of global warming. The average water temperature of Lake Superior has risen 4.5 degrees Fahrenheit since 1979.
A drought and warm weather are the immediate cause of the drop in water levels. In the past year, precipitation was 6 inches less than the average of 31 inches. The lake's southern shore had a green Christmas in 2006. The ice and snow pack that usually cover the lake arrived late, allowing water to evaporate. ...
Many people living near Lake Superior don't buy drought or warm weather as the reasons for dropping water levels â a conspiracy theory is more popular. They say Lake Superior was drained through the St. Mary's River to raise the levels of Lake Huron and Lake Michigan. " ??
Here is the link to the entire article - do read it as it is quite good.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/environment/2007-06-13-lake-superior_N.htm
Average: 601.92 feet
Current level: 600.25 feet.
Lowest recorded level: 599.92 feet in 1926
Maybe it is not disappearing at all.
__________________
Glacial lake in the south of Chile.
In March everything was fine but "we went again in May and to our surprise we found that the lake had completely disappeared. All that was left were chunks of ice and an enormous fissure."
...one idea is that a strong quake which hit the neighbouring region of Aysen in April opened up the fissure in the bottom of the lake.
... allowing the lake's water to drain through.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6225676.stm
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