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To: LindyBill who wrote (53119)	7/6/2004 10:21:23 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793914

China's demand reshaping global mining industry Thomas Barnett Blog "Mining Companies Are Poised to Reap Profits: Strong Demand for Steel in China Increases Raw-Materials Prices; Analysts Expect Yet More Growth," by Paul Glader, Wall Street Journal, 6 July, p. C1. Yet another story on how China is—all by itself—reshaping the global marketplace for key raw materials. This is how a manufacturing superpower rules the world. All those companies are linked to political donations and votes. Over time, their voices will be added to those who argue that the U.S. needs to move beyond its tendency to view China more as a strategic competitor/threat and toward treating it as a strategic partner of the highest order.