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Old 05-16-2008, 02:19 PM
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Thankfully China executes people for this.
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If they are not executed the shame and dishonor will cause them to commit suicide...
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And the winner for most fragile commodity to come out of China is...




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Makes you wonder about all the McMansions being built in the suburbs. How much can they withstand?
2 story wood frame buildings can withstand pretty much any earthquake
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Crappy products/quality in China??? How could that be?? After all, they've given us great lead toys, recalled toothpaste, deadly pet food, faulty tires, contaminated honey........
Exactly what I was thinking.
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So they are expecting another quake today, we'll see if this is as good as hurricane predicting:

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-23806
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True..the only difference is that our infrastructure is crumbling old crap...theirs is collapsing new crap..
That's it, keep on blaming others.
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True..the only difference is that our infrastructure is crumbling old crap...theirs is collapsing new crap..
Sounds kinda like a "made in china" dvd player
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They have some ways to go as far as technology related consumer products and competitiveness. They even have admitted as much but they are learning quick. That's why they have a hard on for Taiwan..
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They have some ways to go as far as technology related consumer products and competitiveness. They even have admitted as much but they are learning quick. That's why they have a hard on for Taiwan..
you want cheap, you buy chinese, you want high quality but expensive, taiwanese...(no slight to Korea). Taiwan is where the iphone is produced AFAIK.
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