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2017-08-14 China-Japan-Koreas

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-08-14 02:23|| || Front Page|| [11124 views ] Top

#1 I don't think China cares too much about Russia anymore. And, North Korea is not going to be acceptable to them as a partner - who needs a lieutenant that will not follow orders? Iran? No idea really, but a bit remote for China to care all that much. Russia is probably more interested in Iran than China, mainly for "thorn in the side" purposes. We call them "China", but the Chinese call themselves the "Middle Kingdom". I think that is their goal, to regain a perimeter of tribute paying nations that provide a buffer against invasions into the motherland.

Posted by Beau 2017-08-14 07:54|| 2017-08-14 07:54|| Front Page Top

#2 The Chinese ignore one aspect that their peril, the American public, who given the right motivation could boycott anything made in China with little the Swamp in Washington could do to prevent. The Chinese don't have a record of dealing with severe economic downturns. That would crash their market as well as the Chamber of Commerce/UniParty cabal left desperately searching for other bases of operation. I suspect a lot of 'relabeling' in Central America would quickly occur.

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-08-14 10:14|| 2017-08-14 10:14|| Front Page Top

#3 Better get to it, P2K, the sooner the better. Only problem is that will cause some pain here in our country. Hewlett-Packard, Apple, Dell and a number of other corporations along with their share holders will scream bloody murder. But, hey, screw 'em.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2017-08-14 10:46|| 2017-08-14 10:46|| Front Page Top

#4 Make it clear that's on the table and the smart companies will expedite alternatives: Viet Nam, Latin America, ....

Posted by Frank G on the Road 2017-08-14 11:03|| 2017-08-14 11:03|| Front Page Top

#5 the right motivation could boycott anything made in China with little the Swamp in Washington could do to prevent. The Chinese don't have a record of dealing with severe economic downturns.

P2K: Might be a good strategy. Trump's initiative to "make products "American" and bring industry back" seems like a step in the right direction. China buys products from the Norks and helps support their pitiful economy. Pressure on China might squeeze the Nork economy even more and would either encourage them to become more bellicose or less.

Posted by JohnQC 2017-08-14 11:03|| 2017-08-14 11:03|| Front Page Top

#6 North Korea is a pawn in a geostrategic chess game

Not a Pawn, a Knight.
Freakishly, they could advance either left or right left on their own council. China accepting the UN blockade on exports (should it even come to fruition) may be the threshold that triggers DPRK's myopic vision of being a world power.
Much easier to use the Romeo's on Chinese seaports.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-08-14 12:29|| 2017-08-14 12:29|| Front Page Top

#7 Hewlett-Packard, Apple, Dell and a number of other corporations along with their share holders will scream bloody murder. But, hey, screw 'em.

China's economy is already shaky, I understand. They're being squeezed on low-cost manufacturing by Viet Nam and a few others, and at home they've got a major credit bubble threatening to pop. They wouldn't have to lose all their American contracts, just enough at the bottom to close a bunch of Walmart and Dollar Store suppliers.

With regard to the companies listed: Mr. Wife spent a number of years as a Purchasing manager, and one of his concerns was to find and vet alternative suppliers for all of his raw materials, suppliers who could quickly get up to speed when, not if, problems cropped up with the current suppler. If Apple, Hewlett-Packard, Dell, etc. are not taking this approach, they are fools. Floods, earthquakes, and electrical outages alone will shut down supplier production, never mind war and politics.

Posted by trailing wife 2017-08-14 15:58|| 2017-08-14 15:58|| Front Page Top

#8 Can't keep a debt bubble (in reality a land affordability crash) going without a bubble of population.
The establishment in the west is subsidising the imports of gimmigrants in order to keep the bubble going to their benefit and our great cost.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2017-08-14 16:51|| 2017-08-14 16:51|| Front Page Top

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