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nugroho

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Hytenxic said:
Lets see if it will follow through this time.
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For High-speed railway, they are stalemate, but China cut the cost by submitting the medium-speed railway ( which is more suitable for only 150 km range ). I don't know why Japan did not do the same thing ( cutting the budget by cutting speed).
 
shen

shen

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t2contra said:
Boeing has to go slowly because right now their union workers are not happy with the work being outsourced to their own plant in China. Boeing is competing for the Chinese market not just against Airbus, but the plant will be a hedge against COMAC's ambition as well.
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True, but look at what happens when the US buys trains from China. China build a factory to make the trains in the US with 60 percent local content.

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PanAsian

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Thought this was an even-handed and just intricate enough description of the overall China-US relationship.

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7 simple questions and answers to understand China and the U.S.

By Ana Swanson September 22

The United States is rolling out the red carpet this week for the leader of the world’s most populous country. Chinese President Xi Jinping will first visit with tech executives and other industry leaders in Seattle, then head to Washington to meet with President Obama.

The meeting is a touchstone moment in an increasingly tumultuous relationship. The Obama administration has been preparing sanctions against China following a wave of cyber-espionage from Chinese hackers. And China has sparked the ire of U.S. businesses and politicians by devaluing its currency and favoring Chinese businesses over foreign ones.

Despite the tension, China remains one of the most important countries in the world for Americans. China is so big and fast-changing that its actions ripple around the world and influence life for average Americans — determining the price of things we buy, influencing what we make at our jobs, even changing the quality of the air we breathe.

But maybe because of its size, or its distance, or its complexity, it can be hard to grasp exactly why China matters. Here are seven questions — and answers — that will bring you up to speed on the state of China, and America's relationship with it.

1. Why does China matter? | 2. Is China still a poor country, or is it rich and powerful? | 3. What do the Chinese really want? | 4. Is China still communist? | 5. Is China's economy in trouble? | 6. Will China surpass the U.S. as the world's superpower? | 7. Should the U.S. view China as a threat or an opportunity?
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SamuraiBlue

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shen said:
True, but look at what happens when the US buys trains from China. China build a factory to make the trains in the US with 60 percent local content.

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Don't know where you got the notion that 60 percent will be of locally built components. It's basically a knock down factory in which most of the components are built in mainland china and is built up in US. The US does have a domestic train industry in the first place so most components are not manufactured within the US for companies to procure.

It's more or less the same as Boeing is planning to built in mainland china.
 
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shen

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SamuraiBlue said:
Don't know where you got the notion that 60 percent will be of locally built components. It's basically a knock down factory in which most of the components are built in mainland china and is built up in US. The US does have a domestic train industry in the first place so most components are not manufactured within the US for companies to procure.

It's more or less the same as Boeing is planning to built in mainland china.
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maybe if you read the NYT article I linked to you will know where I got my notion.
 
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