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> In comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic pigdos <NA@nowhere.com> wrote:
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> Really. The more money China loans to the US, the more cheap goods the
> US can buy from China, and the more the Chinese economy grows. It's a
> short-sighted, unstable, yet mutually beneficial relationship. Ofcourse
> this can't go on forever, and when it stops, the US economy and the dollar
> will collapse and drag much of the rest of the world with it.
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> Ofcourse the collapse of the dollar will mean that much of the US debt
> will evaporate, and foreign moneylenders don't want that. So the big
> question is how long they will dare to lend money to the US. The more
> they lend, the less the chance they'll get it back, but when they stop,
> they'll lose much of the outstanding loans. And so far, it looks like
> China cares the least about that risk. They probably hope their booming
> economy will make up for it.