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gaius on Jan 14, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Reasons to Open a Chinese Bank Account

Fuel is needed for all sorts of industrial activity too, including farming.

rtghnthyjnm on Jan 14, 2011 [–]

But I suspect less so in china than the US. I doubt that a major part of the Chinese diet is exotic fruit flown half way around the world out of season.

China does have oil reserves and could always 'spread democracy' to some 3rd world country if it needed more.

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