China Could Easily Own World With Their $3 Trillion

[SpasticGramps]

Is that all there is to the article? The link you posted is for members only.

Beijing on edge amid coup rumours

The Chinese capital is awash with speculation, innuendo and rumours of a coup following the most important political purge in decades, with even some of the most well-informed officials in the dark about what comes next. Since Bo Xilai, one of China’s most powerful leaders, was removed from his job last Thursday, the bureaucracy and the public have been on tenterhooks, awaiting the next twist in the gripping political saga.

Besides a one-line statement on Mr Bo’s dismissal published late last week, China’s heavily censored media have not mentioned his name, let alone provided any clues about what will happen to him. But the country’s netizens, in particular those using hard-to-censor Twitter-like microblogs, have been flooding the internet with information ranging from highly implausible to apparently authentic.

In one rumour that spread rapidly on Monday night, a military coup had been launched by Zhou Yongkang, an ally of Mr Bo’s and the man in charge of China’s state security apparatus, and gun battles had erupted in Zhongnanhai, the top leadership compound in the heart of Beijing. But when the Financial Times drove past the compound late on Monday night, all appeared calm and by Wednesday evening there was no indication that anything was out of the ordinary.

However, one person with close ties to China’s security apparatus said Mr Zhou had been ordered not to make any public appearances or take any high-level meetings and was “already under some degree of control”.

The same person said Mr Bo, who was Communist Party chief of Chongqing until last week, was under house arrest while his wife had been taken away for investigation into suspected corruption, a common charge levelled at senior officials who have lost out in power struggles.

Although this information could not be immediately confirmed, documents and audio recordings circulating on the internet appear to substantiate the claim that members of Mr Bo’s family were under investigation for corruption even before his trusted police chief, Wang Lijun, fled to a US consulate and requested asylum in early February.

The documents and recording of a preliminary government report on the case, which Chinese officials say appear to be genuine and probably leaked intentionally, suggested Mr Wang fled after Mr Bo fired him and tried to arrest him to head off a corruption investigation.

Jon Huntsman, a former Republican presidential hopeful and US ambassador to China who met Mr Bo a number of times, said his demise revealed serious rifts among the top leadership of the country.

“The splits in the standing committee [over reform] are as pronounced now as they were during the [1989] Tiananmen Square period,” Mr Huntsman said. “Politics in China is a rough and tumble business. This is an open and public evidence of this and what happens behind the velvet curtain that the world never sees.”

Adding to the air of intrigue in the capital, a report of a fatal car crash on Sunday involving the son of a top leader and a Ferrari appeared on the internet but was quickly removed by official censors.

Netizens and one source with close ties to China’s top leaders said the illegitimate son of a politburo standing committee member was killed in the crash and two young women were badly hurt.

 

[THC123]

China could easily suck my balls

 

[Snoopster]

There, their and they're is not rocket science.

 

[igrowone]

sounds more like a few elites cutting the throats(metaphorically) of some other elites
doesn't mean the slaves are going rise up, but anything is possible
get a confluence of events and who knows what might happen

 

[joejusttyped]

Rothschilds got hundreds of trillions.. What does that make them?

 

[Illuminate]

Gypsy sold Icmag to china..

 

[SpasticGramps]

get a confluence of events and who knows what might happen

It all depends on inflation.

 

[Hash Zeppelin]

http://www.businessinsider.com/worlds-biggest-landowners-2011-3?op=1

I am still more worried about England than China. lol Queen Elizabeth II owns 6.6 billion acres of land. the world top 15 land owners combined own 7.8 billion and she owns 6.6 of them. the person right behind her only has 12 % of what she has.

 

[LovableHuggable]

4- It would take only $1.87 trillion to buy all of the farmland (and farm buildings) in the United States.
If China acquires all the agriculture farms and farm buildings, it can easily control the world's food prices, as America is the biggest exporter of food products.....

Which means the USA is the source of rising food costs around the world that resulted in all the Middle Eastern uprisings.

 

[budbasket]

Which means the USA is the source of rising food costs around the world that resulted in all the Middle Eastern uprisings.

No massive overpopulation, soil degradation, and limited resources such as water has resulted in higher food costs. In 40 years we have almost tripled the population on earth, of course food is going to cost more.

 

[Snoopster]

I won't sell my farms, so no worries from me.

 

[bombadil.360]

in Venezuela, it does not matter whether you want to sell your farm/land or even house or not, when crazy Hugo and his "revolutionaries" decide they want it, they come with the military, kick you out if you're lucky, or take you prisioner if not, and the shit is theirs.

some of you still have not seen shit like that for sure.

 

[longearedfriend]

hugo boss

 

[Anti]

There, their and they're is not rocket science.

Bro... I *FEEL* you, but...


Shouldn't it be, "There, their and they're are not rocket science"?

 

[bombadil.360]

Bro... I *FEEL* you, but...


Shouldn't it be, "There, their and they're are not rocket science"?

Anti, nope, they're is a abbreviation for they are... and the Is that Snoop is using is refering to the subject i.e: rocket science, hence it IS not rocket science.

failed.

 

[YosemiteSam]

The Chinese won Vietnam and didnt Lose the Korean War...or the Boxer Rebellion....

Looks like the Bankers tried...and tried....but that Culture is too strong to destroy....

Sorry...but the Chinese are pretty Gangsta..most countries that the Bankers have their eyes are on fucken in deep trouble

I would argue that one could include South America in the same argument. They were not always that way but many of the countries in SA have now stood up to the IMF and are debt free and in no mood to listen to the US again.

Energy independence is key. Can that even be accomplished in a capitalist system? Companies selling to other countries for short term profit. Too many people and too few resources. Kinda makes a guy wonder what happens when water becomes THE resource...Bolivia got serious in a hurry when faced with that one.

 

[mrcreosote]

Millions of Chinese take-outs are sleeper cells waiting to spring into action.

The secret code phrase to activate is: "You too late for luncheon special".

 

[SpasticGramps]

No Wonton Soup fo yu!

 

[longearedfriend]

bombadil, I dont think you are right on this one

there is something missing before the 3 theirs that make the sentence inadequate

 

[Anti]

Anti, nope, they're is a abbreviation for they are... and the Is that Snoop is using is referring to the subject i.e: rocket science, hence it IS not rocket science.

failed.

Respectfully....


No.

The 'IS' in this sentence (or 'ARE') is referring to the three words which are similar, which are plural.

So we are referring to the group of "Their" "There" and "They're" as not being rocket science.

In order to use 'IS', he'd have to group the three into a single term, as in:

Understanding the difference between 'there', 'their' and 'they're' is not rocket science.

You can use 'IS' now, because understanding the difference (singular) is what IS, as opposed to the three things - they, their, they're (plural) - which ARE.

That's why I italicized the three words.

If we replace "there, their and they're" with other words, it becomes easier to see what I am saying:

Which is correct?

1. Chemistry, Biology and Physics IS not rocket science.

2. Chemistry, Biology and Physics ARE not rocket science.