A few months ago, the United States accidentally shipped some goods to Taiwan. They were supposed to be helicopter batteries, but instead they turned out to be the fuses to "minuteman" missiles, or short-medium range ICBMs that can carry nuclear warheads. After the United States "finally" realized that they had fuses missing, and after Taiwan notified them the thousandth time, the fuses were shipped back to the US due to their sensitive (classified) nature.
Beijing (China) strongly opposed the "decision" to send the nuclear fuses to Taiwan and wanted an open protest against the United States, costing some of our Naval ships a refusal to dock in Chinese ports. Taiwan seperated from mainland China in 1949 after a civil war, and is a very sensitive issue to the Chinese. With the recent support of the Dalai Lama, China is expressing extreme disapproval and is becoming somewhat bitter towards the United States.
There are a couple of problems here. Although China is a communist nation, it is now at a stage where it can support itself- case and point it is partly our fault (the USA) for boosting China's economy.There is also a problem on China's end: they are making no money if countries are boycotting their goods! I think China really shot itself in the foot here with Taiwan; it's like saying that Britain owns the United States.
Being the sensitive politicians that they are, I think the Chinese government has severely overreacted to this incident, and that the intent behind the fiasco is purely accidental: sometimes I get other people's mail (neighbors), and it happens. America's support of Taiwan may be a hot button issue, but China needs to realize that it cannot control the outside world (or maybe it can). With the Tibet crisis (Olymic Games) and issues with Taiwan, the People's Republic of China is beginning to shoot itself in the foot, and really it doesn't need to.
Economy wise this could be very bad for Wal*Mart. When I hear that their business practices are changing, I would agree. My Nintendo Wii is in need of repair and they hired the correct people to fix it. If they fix it, my opinions of Wal*Mart may change a little bit. China must understand that other countries have standards (safety, etc), and if Communism does not allow for those standards to be met then there won't be any passing of money.
Sorry China, I am buying less chinese made parts for my ships. It's nothing personal- I think it's good to buy "Made in the USA" and some of the best stuff comes out of Japan. Like my southern relatives would say "Ain't no mindin' dem japanese parts".
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