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luzribeiro in talk_politics

Italy opens the European door to China

Sep 14, 2011 20:48

Italy is desperately looking for solutions to its debt crisis. And it may have found them in... China. Italian representatives have reportedly negotiated with the largest sovereign investment fund in the world, China Investment Corp. Italy is hoping that the Chinese will invest in Italian debt and various Italian companies (source: FT).

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Have you seen "Gomorrah"? sophia_sadek September 14 2011, 18:20:32 UTC

One of the sub-plots in the movie involves a Chinese textile company that hires a mob-connected dressmaker in order to expand into the field of haut couture. The trailer includes a scene where the mob bump off the Chinese.

I can see it now: China eventually owning the Vatican. It would be the ultimate in ironic justice.

Re: Have you seen "Gomorrah"? luzribeiro September 14 2011, 18:22:51 UTC

Eh, the Vatican? Aren't you perhaps indulging into dreams too wild?

Re: Have you seen "Gomorrah"? sophia_sadek September 14 2011, 18:23:36 UTC

Where there is a will, there is a way.

Re: Have you seen "Gomorrah"? luzribeiro September 14 2011, 18:28:04 UTC

Aha, OK.

Re: Have you seen "Gomorrah"? htpcl September 14 2011, 18:49:58 UTC

Money doesn't smell. This is known since the time of Vespasian. The Chinese money doesn't smell either.

Re: Have you seen "Gomorrah"? sophia_sadek September 14 2011, 20:25:30 UTC

It smells like wet ink when it comes off of my printing press.

Re: Have you seen "Gomorrah"? htpcl September 14 2011, 20:27:20 UTC

And as we know, ink was invented in China.

Re: Have you seen "Gomorrah"? sophia_sadek September 14 2011, 20:32:27 UTC

Along with pasta and gunpowder. Where would the mafia be without China?

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