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To: TobagoJack who wrote (114864)1/19/2016 2:20:21 AM
From: Snowshoe  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 217901
 
>>whereas the china premier tends to fret for the point of it...<<

While a China politician frets about ballpoint pen manufacturing, a US politician frets about tech manufacturing... ;)

Trump Says He'll Get Apple to Manufacture Products in the USA
bloomberg.com

P.S. The Yamaha prez should try shrinking his piano...

Mitsuru Umemura had a prodigious talent for the piano. By the age of 10, the Tokyo-born schoolboy was tackling the works of Franz Liszt to the delight of his parents. But when his hands stopped growing in his teens at a span of just over an octave – well short of the typical 10-key reach of the professionals – he realised he would never be “another Oscar Peterson”.



To: TobagoJack who wrote (114864)1/30/2017 4:28:53 PM
From: Snowshoe1 Recommendation

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What Took China So Long to Master Ballpoint Pens

Despite making almost 40 billion ballpoint pens a year, until recently China was struggling to manufacture one component domestically. WSJ explains what made it so difficult.

Posted January 30, 2017

marketwatch.com