U.S. Watches As China Woos Caribbean

[NNN0LHI]

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=515882

China Wages Seduction Campaign in Caribbean, Winning Friends and Gaining Influence

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico Feb 19, 2005 — China is waging an aggressive campaign of seduction in the Caribbean, wooing countries away from relationships with rival Taiwan, opening markets for its expanding economy, promising to send tourists, and shipping police to Haiti in the first communist deployment in the Western Hemisphere.

And the United States, China's Cold War enemy, is benignly watching the Asian economic superpower move into its backyard.

For decades China and Taiwan used dollar diplomacy to win over small Caribbean nations where small projects building roads, bridges, wells and fisheries go a long way.

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[cliss]

1. I'm not sure I agree with that sentence,

"The United States...is benignly watching.....

I don't think the US is benign about ANYTHING that has to do with money, power, or luring away trading "partners".

Here's how it should probably read,

"The United States...is stupidly watching.....

Maybe they are much too busy watching the Middle East, with drool hanging out of their mouths, thinking about the precious black gold, pumping through their veins.

Maybe they don't see what's happening? Or maybe they do, and they don't care. Hard to tell with this group. Competence is definitely not their forte.

[lovuian]

2. US companies have been running to do business and Pay Billions

to China who will eventually say thank you and kick them out!!! When that day happens it will be the ultimate revenge of the US Worker!!!

[chicagiana]

3. hehe ...

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When all the shit is made over there and the financing is done over there, what will they need the treasonous Gui-Lo executives for.