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In reply to the discussion: If America Doesn't Implement the "Buy American" Vision Now, the 21st Century Will Be a Disaster [View all]Irish_Dem
(47,014 posts)17. They are working on the education, creativity and innovation.
Many of their students have been educated in the US.
American professors and teachers are teaching in China now.
Their Silk Road Initiative is amazing.
They have had troops and civilians in Africa for a long time now.
Getting rare mineral rights.
I could go on and on, but the bottom line is China will be a superpower.
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thomhartmann
Jan 2021
OP
China will become the sole world superpower, I will probably live to see it happen.
Irish_Dem
Jan 2021
#1
Are you kidding me? We have a quest to find soup dumplings like in Shanghai in Orlando!
GulfCoast66
Jan 2021
#33
Seems to me that is just setting us up for war -- bombs, cyber, economic, whatever.
Hoyt
Jan 2021
#4
I will argue that Americans are responsible for so much of our product being made overseas
Ferrets are Cool
Jan 2021
#7
Reaganite Republican policies have destroyed unions and enabled offshoring.
Hermit-The-Prog
Jan 2021
#13
Trump's tariffs are making it impossible to get necessary goods into the US too.
Initech
Jan 2021
#26