keller428@hotmail.com wrote:
> You bet your ass they're coming. I lived there for six months while
> working for Kodak back in 2000 and witnessed this first hand.
>
> These people have been given a tiny taste of the fruits of, if not a
> westernized/democratic government, a somewhat westernized life style
> and some simple luxuries. Major cultural differences aside, most folks
> I've talked to there want a more westernized lifestyle and more
> freedom.
>
> I wasn't here to experience the early post WWII US as far as morale,
> pride, and the willingness to bust your ass for the good of the country
> and yourself....but I've talked with enough people who were here (and
> watch plenty of the History Channel) to get an idea of what it was like
> then. I very much equate general atmosphere (at least in China's
> Special Economic Zones or S.E.Z. areas) to that of the post war boom
> here in the US.
>
> The typical Chinese worker will follow direction to the letter. TO THE
> LETTER almost without question. When a process works well these folks
> pump out serious amounts of inexpensive goods at ever increasing
> quality levels. They quite literally will run through a wall for you if
> need be. The economics of their pay/cost of living is alot different
> than ours but they seem to be quite happy busting their butts for
> modest wages. They save up and buy only the best items they can afford.
> They technology jump every chance they get. There are few land-line
> phones there.....however, I have pictures of an old farmer with a one
> bottom plow being pulled by a whipped old ox. He stopped to answer his
> new Nokia telephone. Same goes for consumer electronics and most other
> significant purchases. They bust they're butt to save up for the best
> they can get and **wait** until they can afford it. Most folks don't do
> credit there. They don't whine much about their jobs or pay and most of
> them do a very good job. Its something many parts of our society here
> in the US have gotten away from and its going to bite us in the butt.
>
> There are still some low quality goods coming out of China...but by
> and large most items/industries across the board are getting better and
> better while maintaining low costs. They've got a HUGE work force
> that'll work at much lower wages (for the time being)....a work force
> thats becoming better educated and more driven.
>
> Many of the Chinese companies have adopted the Toyota systems of
> management quality control (Kaizen and others) right from the get
> go...an advantage over many US companies right from the start. The
> Chinese have been learning from the mistakes the US, Japanese, and
> Russian governments and large companies have been making ....waiting in
> the wings, learning, building and improving along the way......quite
> quietly in the shadows.
>
> Be very much aware that the US will be surpassed by China in the near
> future as an economic super power. We're already having trouble with
> competing for oil, steel, fibers and lumber. The building blocks of our
> nation are heading overseas....much of it to the highest
> bidder.....many times China. Gaining significant control of major world
> markets is only the begining. We're gonna have our hands full with
> China in the future....no doubt about it.
>
> -Mike.
Quit it, Mike. You're making me nervous. To preserve my own sanity, I
must deny this is true.
And how did this all happen?
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Wound Up
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