A CHINA NÃO É UM MAL, MAS UM BEM PARA A SOCIEDADE

CHINA BRECA AUMENTOS ABUSIVOS NO AÇO, COMO BRECOU INFLAÇÃO MUNDIAL ABUSIVA. E VEJA MAIS :

Será a primeira em fabricação de computadores portáteis e de televisão e a primeira produtora e consumidora de carvão e aço, mundialmente.

- Disputa o primeiro lugar da poluição mundial com os EUA, embora só tenha um terço da frota automotiva americana e esteja destacando voltosos recursos para a proteção do meio ambiente. Antes, os americanos respondiam por 1/3 da poluição mundial e a imprensa não criticava e se omitia completamente.

-- Nos Jogos Olímpicos de Pequim, o mundo
passará a ter uma verdadeira visão do País, que já é o segundo enderêço preferido para o turismo internacional.

A China não é problema para Brasil e também não é problema para o mundo:

- É o maior exportador mundial de aço e aumentou a sua produção, nos últimos três anos em mais de 40%;
- O aumento de sua produção foi p/evitar a escalada de aumentos internacionais abusivos ( mais de 170%) nos últimos quatro anos e essa iniciativa não beneficiou a China, isoladamente.

Já é o terceiro maior importador de produtos brasileiros, atrás somente dos EUA e da Argentina e, com certeza, será o primeiro em pouco tempo e nos últimos quatro anos deixaram um saldo positivo de mais de US$ 1,7 bilhões em nossa balança comercial.

- Como maior exportador de aço do mundo, a China irá forçar uma redução considerável nos prêços internacionais do produto.

- As reservas internacionais da china, superiores a USD 1,3 trilhões ( a maior do mundo), e com recursos proprios, já financiam mais de 10% do deficit americano;

- É o 2o. país em acesso à Internet;

- Produz 8 em cada 10 tratares do mundo, 7 em cada 10 relógios, uma em cada 2 máquinas fotográficas.

- Embora com somente um terço da área arável do Brasil, pode se tornar uma das primeiras produtoras agrícolas do mundo. O consumo de milho, no país, é superior a 140 milhões de toneladas ou seja, 7% acima de toda a produção nacional de grãos, embora com volume de chuvas anuais de 600 mm e Brasil c/ média de 1,300mm ( mais que o dobro).

- Tem desigualdades sociais gritantes como o Brasil e está corrigindo, inclusive combatendo a corrupção. Mas lá, eles penalizam os infratores e as riquezas ainda estão concentradas em mãos do Estado e não de uma privilegiada minoria capitalista. O mundo vai entender que a China é de importância fundamental para o equilíbrio entre o capitalismo selvagem e o socialismo democrático

Are the times a-changing, yes most definitely.
The U.S. pride and savvy will not lift the embargo and allow Fidel the gusto pleasure of having his cake and eating it too.
They wait for Cuba to bury Fidel then they will lift this embargo and invite Raulito sans Hugo over to eat that sweet capitalist cake in the Rose Garden.
Ayy Guajillos just a little bit longer y libertad!

It is comically illogical when the U.S. subjects ourselves to an unfavorable trade agreement with communist China, and yet still hold onto the Cuban Embargo. On the other hand, we speak of how much we care about Cubans and their wellbeing after Fidel Castro dies.

Even if we let Cuba make one billion dollars out of us per year, that is still nothing compared with the mega trillions of trade deficits we gave to China for their economic and military expansion.

There must be something that China has and Cuba doesn't have that motivated Bill Clinton and G.W. Bush's continued support of trading with China unfavorably and shutting doors to Cuba. Now the Congress is making easier bills to satisfy the voters for doing something about tainted Chinese imports, but really nothing much to take any effects on safeguarding our consumers. You have to be in charge of what you buy or not buy. I was amazed to have found lots of American made products on Ron Paul's website. I have not seen a baseball cap made in U.S.A. for more than five years. I almost cried.

Are we waiting for Russia and China to help Cuba before we get there? Are we afraid that Cuba is closer than China so it's a more dangerous communist regime? Look all around you! Count how many Chinese do you see every day? They are already here and their government told them to stay here after graduate study to influence American politics. China is always involved in the Clinton's campaign funds. Recently, Hillary had to return almost one million dollars of donations from Norman Hsu, who is an unsuccessful Chinese businessman.

These Chinese students educated by your tax dollars are now taking charges of our prominent universities, corporations and national labs. And, their Confucius Institutes in many of our universities are convincing our college students that we all love China. China is paying salaries for their government-appointed Chinese teachers so our college students get first-hand authentic introduction to China. We gave China trillions of US dollars and they pay a little back with their own Chinese teachers to sell us what they want us to know about China. Isn't this wonderful and peaceful? An all-out war without firing any bullets? We don't even know what has hit us and we die happy.

Why can't we give Cuba, our next door neighbor, the same opportunity? Why must we pollute the world more by encouraging China to ship tons of goods across the Pacific Ocean, when we can ask Cubans to make the same goods with better quality? Why can't we diversify our global investments globally? We all know not to put all your eggs in one basket, don't we?

Why are we still afraid of opening our door to Cuba?

Can somebody please illuminate me on this one?
Thanks!

I totally agree with lifting the embargo, but by lifting the embargo, Corporations are looking into moving to squash Cuba and profit themselves and not Cuban people. Expect Big Hotels opening soon and Big Resorts. Which will not help Cuba's to reach a healthy economy, Remember Free Trade? That is the main problem developing countries are facing and leading them into ruins.

Although many people dislike Fidel and Guevara, They fought hard to keep Cuba as an individual, but couldn't because corporations blocked every one of their intents. ITT Conglomerate and United Fruit weren't helping its Citizens, but damaging Cuba. Corporations ended up uniting and damaging the Cuba's revolutionaries whole ideology. Corporations fed misinformation and portrayed these and the ones they fought along with them as evil.

Now, what Cuban Americans have to do is take charge and not let irresponsible corporations to take root in their homeland, otherwise they will enslave Cuba. The very essence Fidel and Guevara fought against.

Cuban Americans must Unite and Start up their own businesses together, opening your own businesses and offer a better living and jobs to all those in Cuba. Cuba is what makes Cuba, its own identity.

The embargo has nothing to do with Cuba or Fidel. It has everything to do with votes in south Florida. Swing votes in a swing state. The embargo will end only when doing so will gather more votes than continuing it.

Of course, direct election of the President (i.e., abolish the Electoral College) would go a very long way to neutering the Cuban Lobby, but that is highly unlikely (to put it mildly). Until then, we'll have to wait until all the amigos of Batista in Little Havana die of old age.

Ibsen Martinez is right
The embargo does not make sense in these times
And besides for sure it will help the transition whitout fidel in Cuba, and it will stop Chavez negative infuence over cuba when that moment arrives

I totally agree, lifting the embargo against Cuba is an inexpensive, non-bellicose move and communicate a different point of view in the Latin-American relationships, emphasizing in openness and comprehension

The cuban embargo is the most useless relic of american foreing policy, a ridiculous memorabilia item from the cold war years, but the very one that keeps Fidel in power even in his death bed.

Is it possible that after 50 years someone in Washingnton still belives that the embargo if going to damage Fidel in any way?

Perhaps legislative nonsense like Helms-Burton won some quick votes in Florida for the Republicans, but Fidel not only won a few years more, but he now is back after Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador, just like in the old times.

I agree with you. embargo against Cuba is non-sense. It gives to "por que non te calas" Chaves power over Cuba.

Mr. Martínez is right!

D'ac, mr. Martínez