Made in China

I read an article the other day about Chinese billionaires buying up many French vineyards they are spreading their wings for sure.

Forgot to say also - it would be difficult now to restart things here as so much skill has been lost and there are few people left to train the young to do these trades - Mary Portas and 'the knicker' showed this was true.

I think it is all very worrying for the impact on the next generations. We used to be such an industrial nation producing everything - as a child I remember my parents only buying British goods - an almost impossible task now.
DS is an automotive engineer and said years ago when Chinese visitors were in his place of work he always turned off his computer screen as he was convinced they were only looking for ideas to copy etc. He has been proven right as this is what they are doing - using other people research to more than start them off. They are so aggressive in this that it takes very little time for them to manage to do everything themselves.
They are very forward thinking and are buying and contracting everywhere so that within a very short time they will be the only country with access to many of the resources left in the world.
I found it interesting to see the news footage yesterday of people rushing into the shops for bargains - almost every face was from the Far East!

stansgran I agree. But what annoys me is that when traditionally British manufacturers like Marksies shut down their factories here no-one said a dickie bird. Many of those knickers were made here, in Wales, or in other areas where there is little alternative employment. Many communities have been devastated, but people still buy stuff in Marksies. Ditto Burberry making their clothes in the Welsh Valleys and relocating to China.

Does anyone care, really? Has there been an outcry? Do people boycott these shops and refuse to buy there? No.

When I first came to the NE of England you could safely buy knowing things were good quality Made in England. Barbour M&S and so on all had factories here then they closed down and moved to cheap markets. The trouble is people like cheap and are happy with Matalan and Primark and then chuck in the bin after a few airings

I wouldn't worry too much. With their huge pollution problem they won't be able to get the products out of the country.
Then again, as they are taking over Afica, they'll make the stuff there, won't they.

Yes.

Many years ago someone (forget who) warned that China would be the next world superpower, eclipsing the West. They have been working hard for decades to get there, and I'd say are reaching their destination.

The West have forgotten that you have to struggle to achieve, or someone else will struggle harder and pass you.