"World Traveler" wrote in message
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"Doug Miller" wrote in message
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Wake up. A lot of the stuff coming out of China is produced by prison
labor.

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That statement won't stand up to inspection. Prisoners do work in
China, --
just as they do in the U.S.!! -- but

it's a gross overstatement to say that "a lot" of the exports are
prison-produced. Prison products are sold in the local marketplace to
raise
money to operate the prisons -- to that extent they are self-supporting
rather than dependent upon tax dollars.

How benevolent. . .


Things operate differently in China and it's a mistake to take single
examples out of context. For example, standard procedure in a hospital is
for the patient (or family) to provide the meals; the military grows its
own
crops; cities and provinces get involved in commercial ventures as
profit-making enterprises. Everyone is producing and looking for that
edge
to make themselves more profitable.

Does this include wholesale stealing of intellectual property as well....?

The Air Force operates commercial
vegetable farms and a commercial airline (China United Airline); Chengdu
city was a partner with Hughes to develop the cell telephone network --
for
Chengdu city.

Hmm - must be a bunch of nice guys. . . no chance of rampant corruption in
China I take it. . .

BillyB