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Originally posted by atbell I have a feeling you mis-read my post... sliding US economic conditions, which are happening and I fear have further to slide, make the creation of a scapegoat likely. Sliding support for a political ideology do the same thing. If I looked different or thought different I'd get the hell out of dodge right now. It's not simply a matter of jew/muslim/gay percecution, it's anything that sticks out, anyone that can be blamed. I expect the "Chinese" (read: anyone who looks asian) to get the brunt of the back lash because the media has been doing a good job setting up for "China stole our jobs", "China is inhumane", "China is wierd".

Agreed.

The latest media reports of China's poor product handling alarms me.

For example, "poison in your toothpaste". I wonder if anyone actually stopped and sat down and discussed the fact that trace amounts of certain substances are not even harmful, potentially even useful.

They'll ban Chinese toothpaste in a moment, yet every shampoo you've ever used contains lye. LOL

It's the war of double standards.

I wonder what exactly China has done for these economic backlashes; perhaps we realize the power they hold over our dollar, and seek to destabilize in order to regain a sort of commonground. If you can't attack a country directly, you hit them where it hurts: the wallet.

The big one that got me was the recent anouncement that the Chinese oil company was pulling it's investment in a pipeline from Alberta to the Pacific because the Canadian Federal government was not offering any support. The current conservative party in Canada has been critical of the Chinese human rights record yet hasn't given any specific reasons why it's any worse then the Canadian or US governments records. The whole thing reeks of xenophobia.

Our world is to connected now to pull back from inclusive global thinking, but try explaining that to the shot gun toaters who struggle to understand why they can't find work.