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- Mist0r_Wiggles, on 07/05/2008, -6/+40considering they have 1 billion more people than we do, it's actually "underwhelming".
- Ransack, on 07/05/2008, -3/+32Glad to see all those billions doing so much good in Africa.... o.O
- Stormwern, on 07/05/2008, -1/+25How much of that trade is weapons in, food and natural resources out..
- gregdogum, on 07/05/2008, -0/+21So what exactly are the Chinese and Americans trading with Africa? (I hate to sound naive, but it is an honest question)
- aenegeling, on 07/05/2008, -0/+20The Chinese Governmnet mainly wants oil I believe.
And the regimes they are trading with in Africa want guns. Chinese guns.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5086416.st ... - reflex768, on 07/05/2008, -0/+16If interested further, this chart is taken from a lengthy six part commentary by Richard Behar on Chinese diplomatic and economic activity in Africa from the June issue of FastCompany. Part 1 starts here, additional parts linked therein:
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/126/special-re ... - Gav0510, on 07/05/2008, -0/+14Look, I'm an Obama supporter, but what the ***** does that comment even mean?! What's so nonsensical about that graph?
- inactive, on 07/05/2008, -0/+12diamonds, guns, oil, gold, various metals, coal, numerous natural resources, etc. South Africa, for example, is the world capital of mining. and Nigeria and algeria have a lot of oil (they are both members of opec).
- Hangly, on 07/05/2008, -0/+12This it interesting. Usually by the late game either Mansa has eliminated Egypt and split Africa exactly in half between himself and Shaka, or Shaka eliminated Egypt first and has either eliminated Mansa as well or made him into a vassal.
You don't usually see China with a strong presence there. (China usually takes Australia instead.) - Hangly, on 07/05/2008, -0/+10America plays chess, China plays wei-chi.
- MadOgre, on 07/05/2008, -1/+12We need to keep South Africa on our side. Diamond mines. Gold mines. Oil. We need to keep most of Africa actually. I'm not done hunting it.
- stellarceltic, on 07/05/2008, -3/+13And is it really a "dead heat" as the graph suggests? It looks like the US has a $10bil advantage.
- dondara, on 07/05/2008, -0/+9Yeah, just what Africa needs, more guns.
- enderwigin, on 07/06/2008, -1/+9America ***** YA!
(United States of Asskicking)
PS. I am joking but I do honestly hope china dose not overtake the US as the most powerful nation in the world. Thing would get real bad real fast. - seabass341, on 07/05/2008, -6/+14OH SHI-
- adeadwaffle, on 07/05/2008, -0/+7He didn't censor himself he had just said candlejack and now he'
- MadOgre, on 07/05/2008, -6/+13The cost of what, half of an F-22 Raptor?
- inactive, on 07/06/2008, -0/+7Tons and tons of natural resources. I worked with a mining company in Africa. Chinese companies are EVERYWHERE. America (and the West) is missing the boat big time. China is very popular in Africa, while the West is negatively regarded.
- KMartSheriff, on 07/06/2008, -0/+7a word followed by 3 dots...
- inactive, on 07/05/2008, -0/+7diamonds...
- thorseth, on 07/06/2008, -0/+6oil...
- Dylson, on 07/05/2008, -4/+10*****!!!!!! Why do people sensor themselves on the internet!?! It pisses me the ***** off!
- Hangly, on 07/05/2008, -0/+5Just two years?
- zigardne, on 07/06/2008, -0/+5who cares, it's only worth three armies per turn and can be attacked from 3 other continents. Australia FTW
- KJSatz, on 07/06/2008, -1/+6Trade quantity is different than an "achievement."
- kinerry, on 07/05/2008, -1/+6SKYROCKETING APETITIE? ***** YOU CHART!
- budgeysmuggler, on 07/06/2008, -0/+4Sad state of affairs when a continent as rich in resources as Africa has most of its population in abject poverty.
- AmericanGunner, on 07/06/2008, -0/+4....and this is suppose to matter how?
- mriegger, on 07/06/2008, -0/+4spam...
- inactive, on 07/06/2008, -0/+4O RRY?
- enderwigin, on 07/06/2008, -0/+4I have the up most respect for the Chines people but not their government. Any country who has as poor a track record in the human rights as China will not be responsible with the power that they have earned. This is not to say my nation, The United States of America, is currently doing a good job at cooperating with other nations for the good of both peoples, this is to say that China will do worse. I base this statement on how they historically dealt with their neighboring countries including Tibet, Taiwan, Russia and India. I believe that if China takes the US's place as the most powerful nation on this small rock we call home, we, and that meas all of us, will be in bad shape. May the best peoples win.
-Ender Wigin - masamunecyrus, on 07/06/2008, -0/+4Actually, around 100x the cost of an F-22 Raptor.
(1x F-22 Raptor =~ US$137.5 million) - crunchyeyeball, on 07/06/2008, -0/+3I must admit, that was my first reaction too, but I think it's just the ambiguous way the graph was drawn.
At first glance (at least to me), it suggests that the US is just the visible yellow section and China is the red section, which implies that e.g., for 2007, China invested ~70Bn, and the US ~10Bn, for a combined total of about 80Bn.
Only after noticing the text suggesting the countries were "neck-and-neck" can you tell that it's meant to be read as an ordinary line graph. - DestroyFascism, on 07/05/2008, -1/+4China has nothing to do with nothing at all in the Sudan. Chinese communist party spokesperson.
- asdffdas1234, on 07/06/2008, -0/+3While $10bil may sound like a lot. It's really just under 15% difference and closing quickly.
- TheMachine1, on 07/06/2008, -0/+3Looking at the dip in 1998(oil price collapsed) I can tell that chart is basically US and Chinese oil imports from Africa.
- blackjack75, on 07/06/2008, -1/+4Glad to see Africa has stopped being abused only by Europeans.
- Kvasaari, on 07/06/2008, -0/+3Considering China is still a develping country, they're doing pretty well IMO.
- poidh, on 07/05/2008, -0/+3Let's hope not, unless you want to be arrested for searching for the "wrong" thing on the internet, etc.
- knucklebusted, on 07/06/2008, -0/+2There will never be a "cure" for AIDS. There may be a vaccine to prevent infection but the disease is a fatal sentence, if only a prolonged one. You don't cure a virus, you live through it.
- inactive, on 07/06/2008, -0/+2Its what they wanted...
- aznpwnzor, on 07/05/2008, -3/+5slave trade...
- scy1192, on 07/06/2008, -0/+2China's trade is also mesured in USD in this graph.
- cowguin, on 07/06/2008, -2/+4Um US owes China trillions of dollars, so how can there be a contest for anything between them.
- vinceislegend, on 07/06/2008, -0/+2It's Clash. Clash of the Titans.
- brokenex, on 07/06/2008, -0/+2I'm surprised at the amount of bad logic and assumptions you were able to fit into one post
- poidh, on 07/05/2008, -4/+6Let's hope for humanity's sake that the Chinese government don't win this "contest".
- pinchduck, on 07/06/2008, -0/+2Apparently The Great Game is on again. Sucks to be Africa, the "prize" always loses in these massive power games.
- coreman, on 07/06/2008, -0/+2Too bad they don't do that yesterday to get rid of Robert Mugabe. Too bad they didn't do it to Idi Amin, or any number of other banana republic dictators that spring up regularly in Africa.
- RoflCoptah, on 07/06/2008, -1/+3but we're still winning!
AMERICA, ***** YEA! -
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