Originally Posted by
CobsonMcGoober
I do think it's hof that a propaganda chief was on the list, and I for one welcome our new chinese overlords.
This is undoubtedly hof. Goebbels got a bum rap.
But lolz at Forbes. China's fortunes are intrinsically linked with the US. If US consumers don't buy their shit, China goes to shit. And if China's economy doesn't continue on this unpossible unsustainable 7% annual trajectory set by the Politburo, it's gg for those politicians and possibly for the Communist Party of China.
The US and Europe aren't going to continue to allow China to artificially restrain the yuan for much longer. And once that happens, gg Chinese economy. I wonder if perhaps the widespread internal chaos that will probably occur in China once the yuan is allowed to float freely is the primary factor in tempering US / EU resolve on this issue.
Meh. They have to float the yuan at some point - and until that happens, China is just a massive blowfish.
Albeit with an advanced nuclear military and global force projection capabilities.
Still, ranking Jintao as the world's 2nd most powerful man is retarded. I think that Forbes list is ridiculous. I'm fairly certain that the general public doesn't ever hear the names of the top 50 most powerful people in the world. But as I'm not [yet] one of them...I could be wrong. I guess.