Are there hidden costs to over-dependence on China? Japan just found out

csmonitor.com/Business/Green-Economics ^ | 09/27/2010 | Matthew E. Kahn,

[green iguana]

SAIC, GM’s joint venture partner in China is expected to take a small stake in GM (1% or so) during the IPO to show support for one of its important partners is China.

[SomeCallMeTim]

Yet another secret thing about environmental activists that the media will never tell Americans: they have prevented or put out of business hundreds of U.S. mines that would have produced a wealth of rare earth minerals.

Yet another thing for which we are dependent upon foreigners, for NO OTHER REASON than environmentalists have forced us to be.

THAT is a fact. We have just as much of the stuff here, in the US, as China has. The difference is: They mine it. We don't.

Of course... now that it's become a National Security threat, our military is starting to waive some of the environmental restrictions.. or, at least, they're trying to. It'll take a year or two. Sure hope we don't have a war with anyone in the next year or two.

But, who would that be with anyway?? /sarc

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

And what does China have to say about it?

"I Just Want To Celebrate!"

[dljordan]

“Well, it wasn’t 3 million miles like on a Volvo, but my father got 350,000 on a Falcon 30 years ago”

My Great Aunt learned to drive in the early 60s’ (she’d only driven teams of Mules before that) and what did my cousin buy her? A V-8 Falcon, she tore up the roads in Hickman County, Tennessee because my cousin, who taught her to drive, was a stock car racer (former bootlegger) who didn’t know what slow meant. A great car.

[colonialhk]

As a China led sector I fear

[anymouse]

which is one of the reasons you get radioactive plasterboard in American homes

This is the ChiCom HazMat plan - use it as filler for products sold to the unsuspecting Western customer.

[Mr. Peabody]

Look at all those green jobs!

In China!