Now that our market is flooded with almost everything form China, what do you feel about it? Is it worth buyin
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When I was young, all the cheap stuff was imported from Japan. Now a whole bunch of expensive stuff in imported from Japan. In the process, Japanese society has undergone a major transformation. I imagine the same will happen with China. Twenty years from now, the cheap stuff will probably be made in some other developing country because China's economy and ambitions will have grown. Even now, this is beginning to happen. Is the stuff from China worth buying? Some of it may represent a good value. A wise consumer considers each purchase carefully. Cheap doesn't always mean a bargain, if the product doesn't hold up.
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The way things are looking these days, Chinese will be in big demand.
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People speculate China, but I would suggest emerging market in general.  This way you're not putting all eggs in one basket.
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I feel irritated. I find it that today people prefer to be followers than leaders and it is embarrassing to see how such big conglomerates lose all perception of decency just to make money. It is obvious that Yahoo wishes to conquer the China market and for that purpose merged with the Chinese company called Alibaba.com. In that sense, they could not care less about the Chinese people since they are only concerned about being on the right side of the Chinese government. It is ALWAYS about money…. Just look at how Bush calls everyone a terrorist and yet he is ready give the United Arab Emirates control of numerous AMERICAN ports. \nIt is NEVER about the people or democracy or even safety…. it’s about who will receive a monetary benefit from it all.
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Absolutely!!!  \n\nI quit buying things "Made in China"  over 10 years ago.\n\nI am not against Fair Trade.  I am against items that were traditionally made in the USA & Americans losing jobs because these items are now manufactured in China.  \n\nMany of these items are inferior:  poor quality, bad craftsmanship or workmanship, in essence they are cheap.\n\nMany things are quite difficult to find w/o components made in China  especially electronics & some things are completely made in China.\n\nVCR's, Digital Cameras, Computers...however Japan & Korea's technology is as good if not better then China's.\n\nI refuse to buy clothes made in China...I will however buy clothing made in other counties.   Such as India, they have some of the best cotton clothing & Russia has very well-made clothing.\n\nHave you bought shoes lately?  8 out of every 10 pairs of shoes are "made in China".  Even traditional USA brand shoes have switched to Chinese production, such as Eastland & Bass.  I recently noticed that some Birkenstocks (which were originally German) are now "made in China"!\n\nI love catalogs like L.L. Bean that specify where an item is made.  L.L. Bean will also pay for the return shipping if you return an item because the country's origin was misrepresented in their catalog.  Once one of their descriptions said "USA or China"...a customer service representative actually went into their flagship store in Maine & found the USA item & shipped it to me because I did not want the China item.  They are this good!\n\nI definitely will NOT buy plastics made in China (storage bowls), there was a case in PA a few years ago that made headlines about a church picnic, where a couple of senior citizens died &, several others including children were taken to the hospital due to Poisoning...it was originally thought the people had suffered food poisoning when actually it was found to be PCB's leached from the plastics bowls bought at a dollar type store.  The bowls were made in China.   The article went on to say, that many countries do not have the same manufacturing standards with plastics as the US does.\n\nProbably the only thing that I would buy actually made in China...would be antique authentic "China" (dishware).  :-)\n\nSo stick to your guns & read those labels, save those American jobs.  :-)\n\nP.S. Smiles-->Took me 7 tries before I could find an American flag made in the USA & I had to buy it via the internet, because Lowe's, Home Depot, Wal Mart, Kmart & Kohl's did not carry them!!!
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Not sure of the exact amount of China's investment into the US national Debt. However, they seem to be making a decent penny from it... Which leads me to believe, as long as they can stay invested, not likely they are going to want to see our country damaged, that's a good thing for now.
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China has already taken over they have been buying American bonds for years and, in theory, they own our country.\n\nYou can fool some people some time but, you can't fool all people all the time.  The world has caught on to the trickory. and if the U.S. don't capitalise on their new scam of the global marketplace, the only thing that may save us is that our government wants to rule at all cost.  And that my not be a good thing.
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Nothing I own is made in China. I believe in supporting the place where you live. My bike's a Harley, my trucks, GMC, my cars, Buick and Chevy, my boat, Sea Ray, my ATVs and PWCs Polaris. You wanna buy foreign crap, go live there. The only thing China doesn't make is sense.
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One day the Iraqi currency MIGHT be worth something....but....good grief....aren't there enough high risk investments likely to wipe you out out there already?\n\nOf course, if you're looking for a good investment I happen to be the owner of London Bridge and I could sell it to you for a very reasonable price.....\n\n:-)
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There are already some good answers, but no one has said anything about China.\n\nWe buy so much crap from China, but they buy NOTHING from us. We owe them alot of money, they practically own us.
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First off, it's "I wonder WHAT people think about chinese businesses."\n\nThats an easy one. In America, If you live in the mid west then they hate them because media tells them that cheap chinese labor prices kill american jobs. And??? ITS TRUE.\n\nBut they are mistaken that its just labor prices, part of it has to do with the fact that the state and federal government impose ridiculous environmental standards that manufacturing companies in the US have no way of complying with. For example in CA a manufacturing company that I know is closing down due to \n\n1. the fact that its 1000% cheaper to make the part overseas\n2. the government makes us do ridiculous things like, test rain water runoff from the roof??? how can small manufacturing business comply with things like this and still concentrate to make their businesses better.\n\nSo, its like a snake eating it's own head. And its not only china but many other countries as well. India is taking mid level call center jobs, programming tech, Japan the auto industry.\n\nBut hey, at least we have the largest military and we can take over any other countries resources we want.\n\nThings will never stop changing though, look at whats happened in the last 100 years.\n\nThe Roman empire thought they would never disappear, but they were the largest and greatest empire of their time. Now people ask Romans? whats a Roman?
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It is an excellent business idea and must be pursued. It is a win-win situation for all the parties involved.\n\n1. For Chinese government, they get free censorship which is professional and reliable.\n\n2. For Chinese people, the knowledge is coming home to the door step. The information will be censored but they will have access to more organized content.\n\n3. For Google, more customers. There are 111 million people who surf web in China, how would not go out of way to get some more revenue?\n\nI think excellent business idea Google has here !!!
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Economically, yes. Oh yes.\n\nIndia is not threatening to us. China is in many ways, but they're too smart to smite us all together, we're good for business.
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I think China will do exactly as it's told by the West or their economy will not grow.\n\nThere's a Disney Land in China 4 heavens sake!
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yes.. the truth is that china appears to be stable on the surface but is chaotic beneath and india appears to be chaotic on the surface but is stable beneath. infact are growth rate is increasing steadily and with India being one of the it super powers there is a bright future ahead.
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Time to think of other areas to consider...If you can afford it! It is a buyers market right now in the south east and soon the bubble will burst. So now is the best time to buy!
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Hello,\n\nI am in Arbonne. No, the market is not flooded, far from it. There is so much room for growth. In 2007, Arbonne is going International. I can email you the demographics report if you would like! I'm clickable.