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2008-02-01 China-Japan-Koreas

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Posted by Frank G 2008-02-01 10:06|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

he effects of China's weather crisis on its economy worsened yesterday as the devastation of winter crops added to pressures on food prices. . . . Government figures said that snow had destroyed crops on 3,000 square miles of land. Wholesalers in Beijing reported that supplies of some foodstuffs were down to a fifth of normal levels. In areas directly affected by the snow, such as the central industrial cities of Wuhan and Changsha, food prices have reportedly already doubled.

Anyone ever read Red Storm Rising?

This could be a tipping event. It certainly bears watching.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-02-01 10:52|| 2008-02-01 10:52|| Front Page Top

#2 Anyone ever read Red Storm Rising?

I've read that one 3 times. One of the best ever.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2008-02-01 11:00|| 2008-02-01 11:00|| Front Page Top

#3 Big deal. So the Chinese will have to eat a few more canned veggies and a few more grain ships will call to port. This isn't the Great Leap Forward.

Let them eat McDonalds
/edward antoinette

Posted by ed 2008-02-01 12:08|| 2008-02-01 12:08|| Front Page Top

#4 perhaps they should call lil' Kimmie and ask him for the NK recipes for tree bark' they gots lotsa' experience in not eating.....

Posted by USN,Ret. 2008-02-01 14:11|| 2008-02-01 14:11|| Front Page Top

#5 They could ease prices in a heartbeat by dropping their 100% tariffs on imported food. But they won't. So the Chinese consumer struggles on.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2008-02-01 20:12|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2008-02-01 20:12|| Front Page Top

#6 I greatly enjoyed Red Storm Rising - especially since I read it while the Cold War was still pretty hot.

(And Clancy sure nailed the moslem problem, didn't he? A lot of people thought that was pretty far-fetched then, but now it seems downright psychic.)

But wonder who the Chinese would "rise" against? There ain't exactly a Fulda Gap they can roll through to attack a prosperous nearly nation.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-02-01 21:07|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-02-01 21:07|| Front Page Top

#7 But wonder who the Chinese would "rise" against? There ain't exactly a Fulda Gap they can roll through to attack a prosperous nearly nation.

They rise against the center. It usually has more than enough of the food it forces the rest of the country to send as tribute. And the Chinese aren't as docile as the Ukrainians. I look for another empire to dismember itself. Whether a supreme warlord can put it back together is the question of the century.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-02-01 21:35|| 2008-02-01 21:35|| Front Page Top

#8 heh - now I dug out my hardback copy of Red Storm and will re-re-re-read it again. Thx, dammit :-)

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-02-01 21:44|| 2008-02-01 21:44|| Front Page Top

#9 First CHINESE DUMPLINGS in Japan, now comes FREEREPUBLIC > BOOK REVEALS FETAL SOUP SERVED IN CHINESE RESTAURANTS.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-02-01 23:06|| 2008-02-01 23:06|| Front Page Top

#10 "I look for another empire to dismember itself."

Works for me. I'll put in an order for extra popcorn, NS. ;-p

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-02-01 23:52|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-02-01 23:52|| Front Page Top

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