The Obama Presidency

**Andrew** · 28 Oct 2010, 07:01 AM

So, schoolgirl tentacle rape cartoons were not produced with me the US market in mind?

**bbobb** · 28 Oct 2010, 07:10 AM

Originally Posted by Fe 26

so, the second season was made because of demand from the US and it had input from Americans, BUT it was not produced with the US market in mind?

It was also funded by and had american producers, which means it technically is not a japanese production.

**Fe 26** · 28 Oct 2010, 07:23 AM

Don't you have a room of stupid asian kids to stand in front of?

**Diff-chan** · 28 Oct 2010, 09:11 AM

Originally Posted by Anthony

Well, ok, we do have to look at overall GDP for market share of any good, but we also have to look at per capita income, because even if china's GDP is larger than say the United States, that doesn't change the fact that the disposable cash could be far less. A hypothetical country with a trillion people barely making ends meet would have a higher GDP than America, but would be unable to purchase any of our luxury goods, such as culture. I am not entirely sure this is the case with China, but their purchasing situation is considerably different than ours.

China's per capita GDP is pretty low (~$4000) but it's also about quadrupled in the past three decades. The economy is still growing extremely quickly - it's been around 10% per year this past decade. Millions who were once poor now are not.

Chinese cities can be very prosperous. The problem is that the rural areas are still desperately poor, and the CCP maintains a residency system (named hukou) which limits the ability of people to move from rural areas to urban ones. However things are improving rapidly by any measure.

**dave is ok** · 28 Oct 2010, 10:20 AM

China is awesome because if they decide that making solar panels is a good way to make money, they become the worlds largest producer of solar panels in no time whatsoever. But it's not like the workers are treated well or paid highly, there still isn't a real "middle class" but there will definitely be one soon enough.

**Anthony** · 28 Oct 2010, 01:15 PM

I am very curious to see in the next few years if 10% growth will be sustainable.

**Diff-chan** · 29 Oct 2010, 08:58 AM

I just read in the newest Economist that it's still growing at that rate (it was down a bit in 2009, though, but still above 9%). The Chinese authorities are starting to leverage the fact that the white devils built them an infrastructure and manufacturing base basically for free, and demand is growing internally. The government wants to focus on increasing wages and raising consumption rather than infinite growth. I think China has a bright future ahead of it.