中国和美国换了把交椅。这个世界怎么啦？
作者：谐和。
最近的中文媒体和网站时事栏目被这样一些内容占据着：
“香港占中。。。。。。。”
“台湾九合一。。。。。。”
“石油价格大跌。。。。。”
“美国佛格森。。。。。。”
可是，12月4日，2014年，一早进办公室，却被几位非华人同事拉去他们的电脑屏幕看到这样一个醒目新闻：
It’s official: America is now No. 2 and CHINA is #1!
开始我还不明白这#1，#2在讲什么，以为又是什么“中国威胁论”在惊吓着这些一贯自我优越感良好的白人同事，及至看了内容，才知道，12月4日这天，发生了美国历史上的一个划时代的惊天大事：自美国第18届总统格兰特1865年主事白宫以来，美国在当了世界经济一哥150年以后，第一次把头把交椅让给了中国。中国当了老大，美国改坐老二。
呵呵，我还以为是什么了不起的大事。世界大战爆发了？
我只是向各位笑了笑，竞自回去自己的办公室，打开电脑来看看。看着看着，眼中却情不自禁地，毫无先兆地，涌出几滴泪水！
之所以称之为“OFFICIAL",大概消息来源不是中国而是美国政府或者什么国际经济权威机构，具体数字是：到2014年12月4日为止，中国的生产总量是17。6兆美元，美国的是17。4兆。这是150年来，世界上第一次有一个国家的总量超过了美国。以前有经济学家预测这个数字的到来时间将会是2016或者2020年，看来是早了几年。
全世界的中文媒体（包括咱们可爱的“******”）对这一新闻都谦虚的保持低调，一向反华的媒体表示“没看见”。公知杂碎们更是一反常态，罕见地沉默。
可是在美国的媒体和网络上却炸开了锅：呢吗，这是怎么回事呢？太丢人啦！！
我的脑海里却浮现着这样一个场景，挥之不去：一场长跑。
裁判一声令下，一个瘦瘦的黄种人和一群白人黑人开始长跑。瘦瘦的黄种人开始落后于白种人梯队，落后一圈，落后两圈，落后三圈，四圈。。。。。。距离越拉越远。羞愧，耻辱混合着汗水，疲劳，挣扎，这个黄种人没有泄气，他咬着牙，在众多的嘘声和加油声中，“赶上去！赶上去！赶上去。。。。。。”
2014年12月4日这一天，他终于超越了一直瞧不起他的第一梯队的白人头领，冲过红线。
止不住的眼泪，就是这样流下来的。
再来美国人的网络看看，不乏大喊大叫。或自责自讽，或责备赖账，或咄咄逼人，或茫然失措。先摘抄几段下来，看看痛失一把交椅者怎么说的：
NC says:
December 4, 2014 at 7:54 pm
I find it funny how Chinese people have to pay $16 US dollars for a pound of beef and we still have to say, “There are starving people in China” when it is supposed to be the number 1 country in the world, but that’s Communism for ya. Now we are the number 2 country in the world and “There are starving people in America”. So how are we different from China?
The irony of it all is that a country that always wants to be number 2 is now number 1 and a country that always wants to be number 1 is now number 2.Adding to this that most of America's economic output consists of immaterial goods, while Chinese economic output is real hardware, there's a real need to worry about long-term sustainability of the US economy (fracking notwithstanding).
Enemy of the State says:
December 4, 2014 at 12:44 pm
you should see some of the manufacturing facilities and equipment over there
it would blow your mind,, and remind yo of our once prosperous country
as my company struggles over here in this government cesspool … I see whats going on over there it makes me very sad for this country and everyone here trying to make a go of it
If we would get rid of these professional welfare'ers ( Thread: Woman on Welfare for 12 Years Explains "I Don't Need a Job, I Already Get a Check" ), then we could use that money for great things...
But the thing is USA tries to please EVERYONE within its borders!
And however sweet and nice that is, it doesn't actually achieve anything.
The more you can achieve as a unit the better the country really... and I sense USA doesn't have the balls to really implement a vision.
I would say the USA did have a vision at one time, but right now the American dream has been shown to be a fraud. Kind of.
And since that you haven't got any goals.. its the same old .
Chris Snider18 minutes ago
And if you compare China to other countries over there, you know they can still go further... they've not yet started producing/exporting automobiles.
They've got an advantage over the US because they're actually producing something - a good portion of US GDP comes from Wall Street money games but really doesn't produce anything (nor does it circulate in the economy if it only gets reinvested). To compensate for a loss of manufacturing jobs we've now got semi- and unskilled workers wanting to make a living wage by flipping hamburgers and doing other jobs that used to be entry-level and summer work for high school kids.
But as long as US equity markets keep cranking up, nothing else really matters....right?
originally posted by: TDawgRex
a reply to: coldkidc
So much for the prediction that China was to be the leading economy by 2020. I guess they arrived early.
Or we are falling faster than we have been led to believe.
Good thing is, China has absorbed much of our business and manufacturing, so life goes on... In China.
Philosophical Objection LYSSA ? 4 hours ago
Who cares? America is ranked 37 in World Education and still fluoridates and offers Monsanto chem lab mutated foods to its own people.
robert ? 4 hours ago
Ya, ok, China does produce more, goods, and services,, so what...
What we produce in America, is....... money.
We print it !
It's called ..... the shekel....
.
We back up the shekel with the power of the US Military.
.
And if the world will not take the shekel, in exchange for their goods, services, and submission, we cram the shekel down their throats, at the spear point of a predator drone, or a B1 bomber....
quote:
Originally posted by oddball:
quote:
For the first time since Ulysses S. Grant was president, America is not the leading economic power on the planet.
Seems China is more capitalist-friendly than the U.S. is nowadays Frown.
I would also assume they are not 18 trillion dollars in debt,so we are in worse shape than being passed as the number 1 economy.
Chris Snider18 minutes ago
And if you compare China to other countries over there, you know they can still go further... they've not yet started producing/exporting automobiles.
They've got an advantage over the US because they're actually producing something - a good portion of US GDP comes from Wall Street money games but really doesn't produce anything (nor does it circulate in the economy if it only gets reinvested). To compensate for a loss of manufacturing jobs we've now got semi- and unskilled workers wanting to make a living wage by flipping hamburgers and doing other jobs that used to be entry-level and summer work for high school kids.
But as long as US equity markets keep cranking up, nothing else really matters....right?
originally posted by: TDawgRex
a reply to: coldkidc
So much for the prediction that China was to be the leading economy by 2020. I guess they arrived early.
Or we are falling faster than we have been led to believe.
Good thing is, China has absorbed much of our business and manufacturing, so life goes on... In China.
Philosophical Objection LYSSA ? 4 hours ago
Who cares? America is ranked 37 in World Education and still fluoridates and offers Monsanto chem lab mutated foods to its own people.
robert ? 4 hours ago
Ya, ok, China does produce more, goods, and services,, so what...
What we produce in America, is....... money.
We print it !
It's called ..... the shekel....
.
We back up the shekel with the power of the US Military.
.
And if the world will not take the shekel, in exchange for their goods, services, and submission, we cram the shekel down their throats, at the spear point of a predator drone, or a B1 bomber....
quote:
Originally posted by oddball:
quote:
For the first time since Ulysses S. Grant was president, America is not the leading economic power on the planet.
Seems China is more capitalist-friendly than the U.S. is nowadays Frown.
I would also assume they are not 18 trillion dollars in debt,so we are in worse shape than being passed as the number 1 economy.
Chris Snider18 minutes ago
And if you compare China to other countries over there, you know they can still go further... they've not yet started producing/exporting automobiles.
They've got an advantage over the US because they're actually producing something - a good portion of US GDP comes from Wall Street money games but really doesn't produce anything (nor does it circulate in the economy if it only gets reinvested). To compensate for a loss of manufacturing jobs we've now got semi- and unskilled workers wanting to make a living wage by flipping hamburgers and doing other jobs that used to be entry-level and summer work for high school kids.
But as long as US equity markets keep cranking up, nothing else really matters....right?
originally posted by: TDawgRex
a reply to: coldkidc
So much for the prediction that China was to be the leading economy by 2020. I guess they arrived early.
Or we are falling faster than we have been led to believe.
Good thing is, China has absorbed much of our business and manufacturing, so life goes on... In China.
Philosophical Objection LYSSA ? 4 hours ago
Who cares? America is ranked 37 in World Education and still fluoridates and offers Monsanto chem lab mutated foods to its own people.
robert ? 4 hours ago
Ya, ok, China does produce more, goods, and services,, so what...
What we produce in America, is....... money.
We print it !
It's called ..... the shekel....
.
We back up the shekel with the power of the US Military.
.
And if the world will not take the shekel, in exchange for their goods, services, and submission, we cram the shekel down their throats, at the spear point of a predator drone, or a B1 bomber....
quote:
Originally posted by oddball:
quote:
For the first time since Ulysses S. Grant was president, America is not the leading economic power on the planet.
Seems China is more capitalist-friendly than the U.S. is nowadays Frown.
I would also assume they are not 18 trillion dollars in debt,so we are in worse shape than being passed as the number 1 economy. |
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