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Since we are in their debt to the tune of a trillion+, we should make them all US Citizens.
As noted by the Associated Press, China now holds nearly $1.32 trillion in US Treasury debt, marking a 0.9 percent increase over the previous month for the United States' largest foreign lender.
of that 0.9%, the obamas' recent vacation in China may have contributed 0.01%...lol
it is such a shame that an entity in debt would continue to spend like there is no tomorrow.
The original article makes much ado about nothing:
Quote:
The 2010 Census shows Harlem and East Harlem's Asian populations more than
doubled over the last decade, growing 239% in East Harlem- from 520 residents in
2000 to 1,766 in 2010.In Central Harlem, the Asian population increased nearly 234% - from 460 to
1,536. In just 10 years, East Harlem has seen its Asian population rise from
0.9% in 2000 to 3% in 2010, CUNY'S Center for Urban Research says.
While the percentages may look dramatic, the numbers really are not.
A thousand Chinese moved into or were born in East Harlem in 10 years.
Insignificant.
what if america refuses to pay china its debt? so what? china can't do anything. america has a far superior army and can wipe china out. why not just default on the debt and say "forget about it for this once?"
Oh yeah? Last time I checked, we can't even win the Vietnam war.
The original article makes much ado about nothing:
While the percentages may look dramatic, the numbers really are not.
A thousand Chinese moved into or were born in East Harlem in 10 years.
Insignificant.
True, but it's possible the bulk of that gain was in the latter parts of that ten year spread and it was part of an accelerating trend as more Chinese immigrants become qualified and up for public housing and as the cost and availability of housing in Chinatown becomes more prohibitively expensive.
Also, has anyone noticed that a pretty large number of Chinese passengers now go past the Williamsburg bridge and into Brooklyn on the J/M/Z? If so, has anyone noticed a single most popular stop to get off on. I'm wondering if there's a Chinese enclave developing off of that line.
True, but it's possible the bulk of that gain was in the latter parts of that ten year spread and it was part of an accelerating trend as more Chinese immigrants become qualified and up for public housing and as the cost and availability of housing in Chinatown becomes more prohibitively expensive.
Also, has anyone noticed that a pretty large number of Chinese passengers now go past the Williamsburg bridge and into Brooklyn on the J/M/Z? If so, has anyone noticed a single most popular stop to get off on. I'm wondering if there's a Chinese enclave developing off of that line.
All I can add is that I shop in East Harlem quite often and I have not seen a noticeable influx of Chinese...or really ANY.
I think the article is much ado about nothing.
True, but it's possible the bulk of that gain was in the latter parts of that ten year spread and it was part of an accelerating trend as more Chinese immigrants become qualified and up for public housing and as the cost and availability of housing in Chinatown becomes more prohibitively expensive.
Also, has anyone noticed that a pretty large number of Chinese passengers now go past the Williamsburg bridge and into Brooklyn on the J/M/Z? If so, has anyone noticed a single most popular stop to get off on. I'm wondering if there's a Chinese enclave developing off of that line.
I haven't taken the J/M/Z since the late 90s early 2000s, but back then there were many Chinese that lived in Ridgewood and also those coops near Lorimer St. Those were the days when you only saw a sprinkle of white people get on/off starting at Seneca Ave on the M and pratically none at all on the J and the Z line which they added later on. I remember the first Chinese grocery store sprouted out on Seneca Ave in the very late 80s/ early 90s, but I think they closed down not that much later. There simply wasn't enough momentum since most Chinese wanted to either live in Brooklyn, Elmhurst, or Flushing.
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True, but it's possible the bulk of that gain was in the latter parts of that ten year spread and it was part of an accelerating trend as more Chinese immigrants become qualified and up for public housing and as the cost and availability of housing in Chinatown becomes more prohibitively expensive.
Also, has anyone noticed that a pretty large number of Chinese passengers now go past the Williamsburg bridge and into Brooklyn on the J/M/Z? If so, has anyone noticed a single most popular stop to get off on. I'm wondering if there's a Chinese enclave developing off of that line.
I have noticed this - I take the J/Z sometimes. They usually get off at Marcy. But I don't know if they're waiting for the M to take them to Lorimer or Hewes.
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