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Brazil's raw materials and the Chinese bikini problem
BBC ^
| 01/08/11
| Justin Rowlatt
Posted on 01/13/2011 6:45:54 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
Brazil's raw materials and the Chinese bikini problem
By Justin Rowlatt
BBC, Rio de Janeiro
China's presence in Brazil is due to become widespread
China is one of Brazil's most important trading partners but the relationship poses dangers as well as offering huge money-making opportunities.
"Do you want to see Jesus?" the helicopter pilot asked us. It would be an unusual offer from anyone, but from a pilot it would normally be a cause for serious concern. Not today, though.
We were in the private helicopter of Eike Batista, Brazil's richest man.
We had just flown past Sugarloaf mountain and over Copacabana beach, so the statue of Christ the Redeemer that overlooks the city was the obvious next stop on what was becoming the ultimate sightseeing tour of Rio de Janeiro.
Eike, as the minerals magnate is known in Brazil, could easily afford to give us this joyride. Forbes magazine ranks him the eighth richest man in the world, with a fortune of $27bn (£17bn).
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bikini; brazil; china; commodities
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To: TigerLikesRooster; PAR35; AndyJackson; Thane_Banquo; nicksaunt; MadLibDisease; happygrl; ...
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posted on
01/13/2011 6:46:37 AM PST
by
TigerLikesRooster
(The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
To: TigerLikesRooster
raw materials and bikini’s, strange combination
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posted on
01/13/2011 6:47:13 AM PST
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: driftdiver
Where are the pictures.????
To: TigerLikesRooster
...And here I was hoping to see pics of Chinese girls in bikinis.
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posted on
01/13/2011 6:49:53 AM PST
by
arderkrag
(Georgia is God's Country.)
To: arderkrag; org.whodat
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posted on
01/13/2011 6:51:31 AM PST
by
TexasPatriot1
("Tyranny is defined as that which legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry" Jefferson)
To: org.whodat
Pictures? here ya go
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posted on
01/13/2011 6:52:11 AM PST
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
“Maria Helena’s been designing bikinis ever since.”
Designing bikinis? What design? Three triangles, one with string at each corner, and the other two string-connected into some kind of halter. The design was perfected a half-century ago. But, hey, ask me about my rotationally-symetrical three day thong sometime. That’s a new design. Saves laundry water, and thereby, the polar bears.
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posted on
01/13/2011 6:54:46 AM PST
by
flowerplough
(Thomas Sowell: Those who look only at Obama's deeds tend to become Obama's critics.)
To: TexasPatriot1; org.whodat; arderkrag
Well, here we go:
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posted on
01/13/2011 6:55:12 AM PST
by
TigerLikesRooster
(The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
To: flowerplough
ask me about my rotationally-symetrical three day thong sometime.
Swap it front to back, and you get six days. Go commando on Sunday, and you’re good for a week.
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posted on
01/13/2011 6:56:10 AM PST
by
Atlas Sneezed
("If you touch my junk, I'm gonna have you arrested.")
To: TigerLikesRooster
That’s more like it. But they don’t look Chinese.
Wait... WHO CARES!!!!
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posted on
01/13/2011 6:56:44 AM PST
by
TexasPatriot1
("Tyranny is defined as that which legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry" Jefferson)
To: arderkrag
I was hoping to see pics of Chinese girls in bikinis. I was hoping to see Brazilian girls in undersized Chinese bikinis.
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posted on
01/13/2011 6:57:05 AM PST
by
matt1234
(0bama's bunker phase: Nov. 2010 - Jan. 2013)
To: arderkrag
To: Beelzebubba
Not sure the front-to-back swap (swab?) will double the mileage, but turning it inside-out might. Am in talks with Pink, Courtney Love, Kathi Griffen, Sandra Bernhardt, Sara Silverman, and similar fadling, low-rent skanks for promotional product placement.
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posted on
01/13/2011 7:05:37 AM PST
by
flowerplough
(Thomas Sowell: Those who look only at Obama's deeds tend to become Obama's critics.)
To: TexasPatriot1
Better?
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posted on
01/13/2011 7:12:56 AM PST
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
01/13/2011 7:13:23 AM PST
by
GOPJ
(."Blood libel" - - when the MSM incites hatred and violence against conservatives based on lies.)
To: Yo-Yo
Is that in Brazil?
Wait.... WHO CARES!!!!
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posted on
01/13/2011 7:13:58 AM PST
by
TexasPatriot1
("Tyranny is defined as that which legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry" Jefferson)
To: TexasPatriot1
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posted on
01/13/2011 7:18:44 AM PST
by
WVKayaker
(Faith makes the discords of the present become the harmonies of the future - Robert Collyer)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Kiddy porn material! How old are those children???
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posted on
01/13/2011 7:20:11 AM PST
by
WVKayaker
(Faith makes the discords of the present become the harmonies of the future - Robert Collyer)
To: Yo-Yo
Great pic...but China will never be able to replace Brazilians in bikini's...
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posted on
01/13/2011 7:21:43 AM PST
by
moovova
(Don't let Obama spoil the word "hope" for you...)
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