Re: Wow...a Toyota post!

They weren't very friendly when they thought McArthur was going to invade them during the Korean War. And when we start feuding with them over the world's natural resources then we will see how friendly they still are. In the meantime they can buy all our T-bonds and T-notes they want as long as they don't mind getting paid back with Obama dollars, which will be worth a nickel on the dollar, maybe a dime.

I tend to agree. I have found that, if you are dealing with China, you must stand your ground and define the quality you must have. And they will normally deliver.. If you dont, you are toast.

The Chinese make crap because that's what Americans demand. The guys importing stuff want it cheaper and cheaper, and so that's what the folks in China do, they make it cheaper and cheaper.

As long as the market keeps demanding shoddy parts at low prices, that's what the supply chain will feed it.

--scott

The nerve of those guys! Did they think we were gonna take over their country or something? :-)

The Chinese are capable of quality work. I have a Japanese guitar built in China and the workmanship is very nice. The fretwork is the best I've ever seen on a guitar - my guess is that it was done by robots or some automated process since they're too perfect and consistent.

As usual, we'll always underestimate the Asians. What else is new? :-)

I think that it is similar with most people. If you define what you want in very certain terms, you will normally get a satisfactory product. But in negotiations of this type, you can leave nothing to the imagination.

If you didnt write it into the contract, you didnt communicate it.

And ''purple dress stain'' Klintoon sold U.S.classified secrets to China.

True...but I understand that communism in China may be the official state govenmental form, but that capitalism in the form of the many businesses that are now operating on every level is the real grass roots situation.

I wish them well...but not at our expense.

I bought 12 dollar made in china oscillating fan from Dollar General 8 or 9 years ago. I never put the guard on it because, well it makes a good spark arrester for the made in mexico chimminia. Anyway that fan is quiet has run every summer three months 24/7. I thought it would be good for one season, maybe 1 1/2 but it's still going. I got a set of faucets for the kitchen sink, made in china, the machining on it looked like it was made in an aircraft parts factory. Maybe it was? Those last about 5 years because of the hard water build up and are or were so cheap I just change them out instead of even trying to fix them. Air compressors a couple of hp ones for 100 bucks, do the job and still running strong. But each time I buy chinese stuff I wonder what this is going to cost the USA in the long run.

My oldest sister's son was in the Air Force.Back in the 1970s, he went to South Korea.He married a South Korean gal, they have a daughter.She has an extremley quiet and reserved personality.She is very pretty too. cuhulin

I bet!

The problem is the gov't gets a lot of the money. They had a $1.3T surplus about 18 months ago, and began massive spending programs...

on Military and Space.

I wish the people well. I wish the gov't would go to hell...

Saw today the Giant Panda will be extinct in 2-3 generations because of China's expansion. There is a count of 1,580 right now.

Where's PETA/GreenPeace when you *NEED* them!

The USA can still produce food and medicine. Plus services... kind of expensive to ship the Toyota to China for service.

Then again China's environment is degrading as they build more factories... good riddance to those industries? (I wonder if a new mercury-filled compact fluorescent lamp factory would ever make it past environmental review in the US...? surely not here in California)

Michael