Hello Mary, thank you for writing what must be the funniest piece of wishful hoping I have ever read. A hoot.
Let me take it apart, head from shoulders, word by word:
<<1. We are strategically located between East and West. We border both the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans>>
... is irrelevant, and merely guarantees that there will be trouble from all sides, everywhere, all at inconvenient times. When sitting in an unfamiliar restaurant, always have back to wall, close to emergency exit, because one has no idea what is coming from where and when.
<<2. American English is the de facto global language>>
Is also irrelevant, as there are better English speakers in Shanghai than there are in NYC.
<<All programming languages are rooted in American>>
... totally wrong, as the underlying logic and overarching rationale is math, and ... well ... Public School #16 does not turn out math stars.
<<All technical manuals that have global relevance have to have an American version>>
... utter rubbish, since the English standard by which the US tries to export machine tools is playing a great but unrealized part in terminating the US machine tool industry.
<<3. We own the intellectual property that cyberspace feeds on eg., Intel, Microsoft, CDMA, google, etc.>>
... IP? you mean the stuff that a Japanese-branded and Chinese-made xerox machine can take care of? There is that word, 'xerox', that can be left with the 'owners' ;0)
<<4. You may hate it, but the global culture is American - Coca Cola, Starbucks, StarWars (the movie), Mac Donalds, Brad Pits, surfing. For Abba to be recognized globally, they have to sing in American>>
... absolutely wrong. I love it all. But it 'all' is 'all' just pop culture, as 'all' meat loaf is not 'all' Peking Duck.
<<There is no way any Chinese Pop group that will make it globally can do it if they don't do it in American>>
... LOL. how do you know 'all' this? by simply living within 'all' of the last 50 years? You used the word 'Pop' correctly, but that is not a basis for sustainable advantage, but merely a sound that a squeeze will make, resulting in squish :0)
<<5. Our capitil markets are the biggest and baddest. If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere.>>
... totally wrong. Making it in laid back and quiet NYC does not mean ability to survive the intensity of Shanghai or the convolution that is Hong Kong. The truth is precisly the reverse of what you claim.
Must try to gain an understanding of the rule-less nature of the animal spirit and primal dynamism of what is happening out here, first by learning the nuanced language, and then pick up on the complex culture.
This is the just and deserving beauty of TeoTwawKi's approach, unexpected, out of the ordinary, and yet, just will be.
Chugs, J
P.S. BTW, the reason that I do not live in China proper, which I stated many times, is because I am unable to compete effectively there, in the midst of so many very hungry and extremely astute folks. Now that they are institutionally freed to perform to their abilities, I intend to be even more shy.
I would not even think of entering India with moolah and initiatives, for there are another 1.odd billion very hungry and totally astute folks out for my lunch tray
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