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To: TobagoJack who wrote (68099)	11/12/2010 9:50:20 PM
From: bull_dozer	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217656

Not sure if this was posted here... As the United States and China battle over the finer points of currency manipulation at the G-20 summit, American negotiators may want to take note of this startling testimonial to the productivity of Chinese workers: A construction crew in the south-central Chinese city of Changsha has completed a 15-story hotel in just six days. If nothing else, this remarkable achievement will stoke further complaints from American economic pundits that China's economy is far more accomplished than ours in tending to such basics as construction. The work crew erected the hotel -- a soundproofed, thermal-insulated structure reportedly built to withstand a magnitude 9 earthquake -- with all prefabricated materials. In other words, a crew of off-site factory workers built the sections, and their on-site counterparts arranged them on the foundation for the Ark project. zerohedge.com

To: TobagoJack who wrote (68099)	11/12/2010 11:32:54 PM
From: Maurice Winn	1 Recommendation Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 217656

Would the predicted 2020 reglaciation to Little Ice Age temperatures have an effect on that? <2020 sounds about right, as it is not too far of my time line of 7-15 years for as china gdp inflects over that of usa gdp . Northern China would be chilly at best. It's hard to drive a hard bargain when buried in snow, let alone a car. How about if the full scale reglaciation takes place, as is quite likely? 2020 foresight, Mqurice