China offers a billion customers, but are they worth the cost of getting to them?

China offers a billion customers, but are they worth the cost of getting to them? June 16, 2011 11:18 am mcfly

“Indiginous Innovation?” Let’s just call it what it is: a Sino Shakedown. Since when is demanding access to someone else’s technology “innovative?”

I remember it all, from from the Nixon/Kissinger ping-pong diplomacy days. It was no secret. It was the whole point of ... by ER 2011-06-16 18:55:49
- This time 'round they want the rope for free. And this is one valuable rope! I'd sure like to see American ... by mcfly 2011-06-17 03:36:20
  - You know that's not going to happen. The companies will go where the short term profit is. They will do ... by ER 2011-06-17 06:22:37
    - Go read my response to McFly. The one that starts "think hard." Then you can tell me what will happen ... by TB 2011-06-17 11:29:22
      - The main reason for my original post was because China's demanding that US companies hand over their technology to the ... by mcfly 2011-06-17 16:31:31
- This is another part of the great "consumer" myth, the idea that there are people who do nothing but buy ... by TB 2011-06-16 19:07:55
  - Tom, they're not playing a communist game. They're playing a capitalist one, they're just better at it than the ... by ER 2011-06-16 19:30:31
    - The United States is still the largest manufacturer on the planet. Almost the entire rest of the post is incorrect too, ... by TB 2011-06-16 20:38:18
      - When you say the post is incorrect, do you mean the article I linked to in my initial post? by mcfly 2011-06-17 03:39:50
        
        No, ER's post I was replying to. by TB 2011-06-17 10:07:14
    - Exactly ER...and I hate it. But it is what it is. Now what can be done about it, if anything. We ... by Jody 2011-06-16 20:04:50
      - First thing is to discard the crap we're being fed about our "decline." Second thing is to remember. Remember when ... by TB 2011-06-16 21:31:51
        
        And no, not everything is Japanese...everything is Chinese. And as for people making money, I'm all for it. I'd love ... by mcfly 2011-06-17 03:51:32
        
        It's tough to discard notions of decline when we've seen manufacturing flee the country and when supposedly third-world countries rise ... by mcfly 2011-06-17 03:32:00
        
        Think hard. Where are you hearing all this? Who uses the catch phrase "shipping our jobs overseas?" And why? ... by TB 2011-06-17 10:36:33
        
        Thanks. I'll follow your links. by mcfly 2011-06-17 10:46:28
      - If I knew the answer to that I wouldn't be here talking about it. The Chinese know the answer, but they're ... by ER 2011-06-16 21:10:23

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