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[keasy]

What feelings does it stir in you without any particular subject matter other than China ?

[Hallcat]

I think China is an awesome country, full of tradition, history, and innovation.  But, the 20th century human abuses almost overshadow all that. 

[Norv]

I don't think it was jsut hte 20th century - I think human rights abuse is present throughout thier traditions and history.  I would say that it is the same for most coutnries with a few (Japan) being worse.

The rest of the world just got all holier-than-though on China.

[Wooster]

Noodles, Pollution, Vast, Ancient, Gunpowder, Silk, Secretive

[Mad1]

Jackie Chan.

[papa_lazarou]

Jackie Chan.

 





 

[Maebehere]

Anime.

[Ctulu]

+5 k executions per year .... keep rolling

[Norv]

Just whipped our butts in gymnastics...  I stayed up late to watch it and wish I hadn't.

Shawn Johnson is from my general area though - it makes it more interesting when you kind of have a horse in the race.

[Thermalsig]

I think the world is going to be in deep shit just trying to feed China in the future. They aren't growing in a self sustaining fashion.

[corroded]

the '1st world' hasn't been for a long time now...

the uk, i'm pretty certain, couldn't feed itself without major concessions and cutbacks.

[Wooster]

We're more of a service economy these days, which has the benefit of isolating ourselves from fluctuating exchange rates (a bit), but it also means that production isn't really worthwhile.

I wonder how fast we could turn it around if we needed to..

[Thermalsig]

We could feed ourselves, but it would screw our economy up if we didn't export at least half or better of what we grew or raised.

[Hallcat]

I'm a bit of an isolationist.  If we grew to feed ourselves, and drilled to fuel ourselves, and entertained only ourselves, and only spent what we had to spend (our national debt at this moment is..., and stopped exporting our culture, we'd be better off.  etc etc etc. 


Isolationism is a foreign policy which combines a non-interventionist military policy and a political policy of economic nationalism (protectionism). In other words, it asserts both of the following:

   1. Non-interventionism – Political rulers should avoid entangling alliances with other nations and avoid all wars not related to direct territorial self-defense.
   2. Protectionism – There should be legal barriers to control trade and cultural exchange with people in other states.

Isolationism is not to be confused with the non-interventionist philosophy and foreign policy of the libertarian world view, which espouses unrestricted free trade and freedom of travel for individuals to all countries. This "libertarian isolationist" view is best defined as a policy of nonparticipation in foreign political relations, but free trade and affability to all people.

I'm sure the national debt has risen a few hundred thousand by now.   

[Wooster]

I'm a bit disappointed that that this image is static..

Who doesn't want to see it to tick over to ten trillion?